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Using Facebook for Education

Posted on May 24, 2010 by ThePeachy1 in FaceBook Fun
Learning Can be Fun

Yesturday on my personal Facebook account I had to change my status update.

I thought to myself, “self, you can use facebook for teaching.”   Little did I know my friends would take it to another level. Thank you friends.  The names have been blocked out to protect the not so innocent.

facebook for education

We are trying to cover all the subjects

After ruling out Cornholio and Coronary ( which were teaching experiences in itself)  TW explains what it actually is.  Also Google failed, it was owned by TW and her educational exploits.

facebook educational material

Wow. Just wow.

Here’s what wikapedia had to say straight off the page.

“Evil eye” is also know as “Mal de ojo”. Mediterranean cultures and many others around the world experience the concept of “Evil eye”. The symptoms are vomiting, diarrhea, constant crying. It usually affects infants and children. However, adult females can also be affected. Reference: American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed.,rev.). Washington, DC: Author.

NOT EVEN MAKING THIS UP PEOPLE !!!

socrates

I think #5 was probably the most important.

So as you can see in just 1 thread of face book. We covered

Math, Spelling, Culture, Social Studies, Google Fail ( that’s a subject right?), Social Interaction ( used to be recess ),  Debate,  Philosophy, and finally Pop culture.  This was definitely a well rounded educational experience.

No go load up for the bus, and don’t forget to bring me an apple I give A’s to the kiss ups.

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I have no clue how this happened.

Posted on May 22, 2010 by ThePeachy1 in It's Juicy
boo yah I got an award ?

Check it out I had to add a new page all the way up there at the top of my orange bar thingy and I did it all by my big girl self.

I have been awarded The Versitile Blogger Award-

from Midwestern Mamah ( visit her on my blogroll or by clicking here. )  Thank you for this honor !

Versatile blogging award

My first bloggy award. Thanks to Holly at Midwestern Mamah !

Well knock me down with a plate of cheesecake. I got an award.  Woo HOO me !  Not sure why I got it, but the fact is I did, which is a helluva lot better than a poke in the eye with sharp stick or being eaten by Zombies or ninja Zombies or even Jedi.   I read a couple blogs that don’t announce when they get an award or whatever.  Here’s a clue. I am a Leo,  I am a red head, I am a narcissistic attention loving heifer.  So yes I will proudly display any awards I get.  Spank you very much.  Plus I really thought by now real journalist/bloggers would have run me out of the country and off the internet.

Being all new and stuff I had to research what the duties were along with this award. and will probably screw them up anyway.

The rules are as follows:
– Thank the person who gave you the award.  ( check )
– Share 7 things about yourself. ( what share? huh? uhm ok)
– Pass along the award to 15 bloggers who you’ve discovered and who you think are  fantastic.  (wow that’s like work, cause I think tons are fantastic. )

Lets start with the 7 things about me.

1. I am a middle aged ( gawd that hurt to type that) mom to 3,  wife to 1. My kids are awesome and surprisingly survive unlike any plant or pet who has fallen under my care.

2- My oldest kid is 21, and she rocks, my youngest kid is 9.  I don’t think there isn’t a mom out there I can’t relate to since I have a closet full of been there done that T-shirts. The younger kid has a way more laid back mom, because the older 2 broke my spirit and now if there isn’t blood I am all cool with that. However  I firmly believe I didn’t really teach my kids anymore than they taught me.

3- I call my husband the Droid.  ( it actually rhymes with his name which was a big hang up when I decided to date him cause I couldn’t see myself calling out his name EVER.   He’s 11 years older than me, which kinda makes him creepy if we had dated when he was 18, but we didn’t so it’s less creepy unless you look at his HS yearbook which is really creepy cause he was on the swim team and they wore speedos. EWW.

4- I was born in Bangcok Thailand. My dad was a loadmaster in the USAF. I have Thai god parents which is a far stretch since most Thai people back when I was born were not of the Christian Faith, so it would been have hard to comprehend the god parent role.

5- Apparently my parents were too busy drinking cocktails and jet setting about to remember to register me with the American Consulate when they brought me to the States and therefore I do not posses a birth certificate.  Instead after trying to get a passport in 2006, and months of phone calls and letter writing, I received a letter that said, ” Certification of an American born abroad”  Which is useless and singed by Condoleeza Rice who was 14 when I was born. Maybe that’s why this document is USELESS.

6- I used to be a clean freak, germaphobe, anal retentive do everything mom,  now I am just a germaphobe.

7- My brain is too big to contain.  No seriously, I have this cool thing called Chiari which mean my brain is hanging out.  Chairi is not cool, but telling people you have a huge  sexy brain and it’s medically documented is.  Probably only 30 people in the world knew I had this up until this moment. Mainly because it freaks them all out and they act all funny. Not like funny ha ha, but funny like. OMG she’s gonna DIE and they run away like it’s contagious.  It’s not, and even though mine is what is considered severe. I am not having brain surgery ( thank you military insurance for all your help, NOT)

The next step is to pass this along to 15 Bloggers I think are Great. ( *Disclaimer*  This is really hard because I love so many and am just entering the blog world. It’s kinda like the first day at a new school when you go to the cafeteria and have to pick a table. Yeah that same feeling, so if your not on here, come sit at my table cause I surely love you bunches anyway.)

Hope4Peyton it was the first blog I ever read, and didn’t even know what a blog was when it was started.

Free Anissa – inspiration, snark and perspective. Get you some here.

Music Savy Mom–  cause we all need some good tunes and Ri can rock em.

The Bloggess – Because seriously Jen is probably the Jekcle to my Hyde, and even though she probably wont use this award she was the first person to answer me when I asked If I could put her on the blogroll on my new site. Jen rocks even when Japan is trying to kill her.

Suburban Scrawl – I bonded with her because she was helpful supportive, funny, and spelled her name  Melisa with one S. and since I am Sandi with an I, it works.

Daddy Scratches – He’s too funny not to read.

Accidental Musings– Check out the daily rants.

The Sphors are mutliplying – if you don’t know about this site, your probably living under a rock.

Dad Unmasked – 1 superhero dad who doesn’t even realize he is,  and his 2 little girls. funny and touching.

Hyperbole and Half –  anyone whose illustrations in every post makes you spit mt dew on your keyboard is good news in my book.

House of Jules–  I can relate to just about everything she posts, in fact she could be spying on me right now, as in while I am typing this. Creepy huh?

Overflowing Brain– not only because she’s a cool kid like me and has Chiari  ( see line 7 )  but Katie keeps pushing, even when it would be easier not to.

Amazing Greis – not only does she make me smile, but sometimes she makes me think.  Plus she totally did NOT stab the guy at work in the throat with a #2 pencil, even though I would have given her an alibi, so she got an award.

World of Weasels – clearly the world needs more weasels.  Get you some here.

AMomtwoBoys – because seriously who doesn’t love a title that say ” now with more penis” ? ok probably the guys, but yeah it’s funny.

So that’s it, and now off to tell my people to let their people know they won an award which probably will not matter to them because they are real bloggers and not a Leo or narcissistic like me..

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Funny Stuff Friday the 4th edition

Posted on May 21, 2010 by ThePeachy1 in Funny Stuff Friday
Funny Stuff Friday

Hello and welcome back  !  It’s Funny Stuff Friday and after the last 3 days of being serious I thought to myself, ” self, what possibly could you do to get back your mojo?”
After being sneak attacked with a permission slip by The Prince I  had my answer.   Apparently I was going to spend the day in hell, at crack 4 kids, germs r us, at a Pizza Chain for children, Satans guest house.  Not only that I was clearly being punished,  chosen out of a line up, the person the school hated most,  so lucky to be invited to the food service industry that picked a rodent to be their mascot, probably ground zero for swine flu, the place that gave Dante the undersanding of an inferno,  a fun and exciting kids field trip.   As added torture, punishment for my particpation in the salem witch trials in a previous life,  Karma attacking me, a special bonus, the ENTIRE  3rd Grade of his school would be there. a jabillion hyper screaming unsupervised kids in an over stimulated enviorment.

AWESOME….

So here’s how Peachy got her groove back.  ( I really wanted to put the ticking down of the soundtrack to 24 right here, you know the one, tick, tock, tick tock.)  These series of events happened over the next few hours.

615am – I had to drag my fat lazy butt out of bed and drive the prince to school.

730am- I attempted to find something that still fit after my 2 week binge of chocolate / stress eating, got dressed.  ( what? you don’t take your kid to school in your PJ’s? )

between 8am and 10am I- tried really hard to drag my feet and come up with a valid excuse that would allow me to NOTt be there. got ready for this highly anticipated magical event.

1003am I was running late as usual and was in a hurry. nearly burned my eyes out of my skull, put in my contacts. may have possibly rinsed my contacts with rubbing alcohol instead of saline. . looked like a zombie with bleeding red eyes.

1015am I left my house and drove safely  ( what? I did so nee nur, safety is serious people.)

1035am While at a dead stop  to rate construction workers into 2 categories Hawt or Nawt, for road construction for EVER a long period of time, I sent a text message to my heartless, evil, pouring salt in the wound, dear friends and family.

The text read as follows.
” I am on my way to {cec}. With the entire 3rd grade. HELP !
The following are the comments I got back ;

1- Sucks 2 be u.
2-Better you than me
3- OMG that place is like a bar for kids
4- Sorry, hope you make it out ok ( clearly a nice friend)
5- don’t know what to say here, your fooked
6- I hate that place
7- run run away NOW !
8- OMG- don’t die. ( my daughter)
9- You chose this path Grasshopper, now hop to it. ( husband )
10- take lots of germ x
11-is this part of some criminal punishment I don’t know about yet
12- wow and I thought my proctology appointment  today was bad
13- I’ll say a prayer for you.
14- Abandon all hope ye who enters there.
15- don’t touch anything there
16- cool sounds like fun, say hi to the Rat for me. ( clearly a male friend who never had kids )
17- We would feel bad for you if weren’t so busy laughing at you.
18- Calling my broker and buying stock in Excedrin and Germ X
19- and a photo text of DAWN laying on the beach with waves in the sun, that only said. Have fun 🙂

You guys are just Awesome !  I mean really… How could I love any of you more?

Needless to say I felt a little like I was this chick as I entered the establishment, only the bat was a boatload of 3rd Graders.

a statue about to hit a woman with a baseball bat

This waiting for me in the parking lot would have been less painful.

It was great, seriously, I mean nothing can beat the deceble level that was in that place and the germs were everywhere.  This is clearly just where I needed to be.   I couldn’t find my kid. The cute one. The one who managed to rope me into this.  So I got in line to order  some food. ( clearly I am using the term really loosely here as they don’t have actual food.).  While in line this picture I saw online a couple weeks back went thru my head.

eat kids

I really admire the humor of the person who thought this one out and did it.

I overpaid for what was surely going to give me food poisoning at best, for my yummy food type items, and found a table. with the least visible slobber and crumbs on it.

I kept scanning the choppy sea of children and found my precious little Prince. He wanted to make me watch him dump my money into mostly non working video games how great he was at several of the games.

Then he came across what looked like a miniature DDR. In case you don’t already know my kid is a music fiend. Seriously dude can rock. He can play chop suey on expert on Rock Band. Unfortunately I was worried, see his father used to have a dance style that could only be described as perplexing. A drummer than couldn’t get a foot to land on a beat, a super tall skinny guy flailing his arms and legs around as graceful as an elephant on toothpicks. He stuck his money in and realized OH NO, it’s 2 player.. In a split second he snagged the first chick walking by for a dance. What he lacks in Dance skills he makes up for with his macking skills.. Watch out ladies… Here’s the prince.

I know right? Amazing, they stomp just alike, dance just alike.  You gotta appreciate his smooth technique especially the part where he looked like he was doing the famed “Crane” technique from the original Karate Kid. ( Thank you Ralph.)   Also that music is an original. Composed and Performed by the great Kev Woods. ( you can hear more of him at www.kevwoodsmusic.com )

So now, all that’s left is to wish you a wickedly wild weekend.  Hey everybody why don’t we all be 9 for a couple days and just stomp for the fun of it, and not be too shy or insecure to rock it out !

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