Contrary to popular belief 2 is not the first prime. That is, of course, if you are talking to my sister. She is convinced that 2 is too small to be a prime number. Additionally 3 and 5 don't count either. According to her, 7 is the first real prime. 2, 3, and 5 don't have enough number before them to make it possible for them to even be composite. 7 has 6 numbers below so it should be composite. Because of this, 7 is her favorite prime number. This got me thinking, what is my favorite prime? At first I said 83 just counter her saying there were 82 numbers before it. But upon further consideration I'd have to say my favorite is 17. There is just a beautiful ring to 17. Plus, when you think of it as age, 17 is exciting. There are no longer restrictions on your driver's license. You're on the brink of adulthood. You are definitely more mature than your 15 and 16 year old counter parts. Plus, it's always the 17 year old body you wish you had again. Not to mention the Beatles' song "She was just 17 if you know what I mean." So think about it. Don' respond too quickly. Give it some thought. What is your favorie prime?
Note: For those of you that don't know, prime numbers are not divisible by anything other than itself and one. Examples: 11, 7, 17, 83, 23. Now be careful Primes will be odd (with the exception of the number 2), but not all odds are prime. Kind of like rhombuses and squares. Also 1 IS NOT prime so that one can't be your favorite.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Holidays are upon us
Well, it is time for the holiday rush. I was looking at my lesson plan calendar and got a thrill. Next week is Thanksgiving so we only have school for two days. Then, just three weeks after that, it's the Christmas Holiday. You may say you wouldn't be able to handle being with high school kids all day (and trust me, sometimes I wonder why I do), but then I look at my schedule and all the time I have off, I remember that I made the right choice. I don't have to go back to work the day afer Thanksgiving, I don't have to work on the day after Christmas. I get a real holiday time. I love it.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Talented Friends
It's amazing how I can have such talented friends. My friend Bonnie Bunnell is a wonderful photographer and is giving away a gorgeous photo of the Salt Lake Temple. SO if you are interested you might want to check out her blog here. And if you are in the Cedar City area, you really should think of having her do your next family photos. She is fabulous. Check out her photography blog here.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Bloggable Day
Yesterday was quite the bloggable day. It started with going to the Fair. It was actually a good day for the fair. It started out windy, but it kept it cool. I still managed to get a sunburn, thought. Anyway, Nathan and I went to the Fair with Jess and her kids, Jean (their foreign exchange student), and Carolyn. First stop was the animals, Whitney liked all parts except for the cows because Nathan made her scared that the cows might kick her. I know he was thinking he was being concerned, but poor girl was terrified of walking by the cows after that.
After that it was time for fair food. For those of you that don't know, the only reason to go to the fair is for the food. We had corn on the cob, scone nuggets, funnel cake, corn dogs, and burgers. Sadly, I didn't get any fried twinkies. I've yet to actually try them, but I really thought I'd try it this year. Unfortunately, I'm not a big fan of twinkies to begin with.
Anyway, we went to the different shops and all of the buildings with shops had a live infomercial for cookware. Also, at first I was excited thinking there was a shamwow, but it was a cheap imitation (the chamois). What a bummer.
While there, I ran into five students. They saw me in regular person clothes and acting like a human instead of a teacher...how embarrassing. They all smiled and said hi instead of running in the other direction. So that made me feel good. I even had one student get my attention and wave. Then of course my sister laughed at how he looked older than me. Not true, by the way. She was just being an annoying older sister.
Next on the bloggable day, the seven week break is over. For those who don't speak Rexburg, that means students are coming back. Now I know Nathan and I aren't permanents, but we feel enough of permanents to get annoyed with all the newbies (who for some reason can't figure out 4 way stops this year...not quite sure where that is coming from). We have also been around long enough to know to avoid Walmart, Albertsons, and Broulims from 3 days to the day before school starts. These stores area filled with single students and their mothers (or fathers) buying them things they don't have room for and hundreds of dollars of food (also something there isn't room for because their roomies's moms are doing the same thing).
Well, since neither of us in school we somehow lost track of the days and went to walmart last night. There were no less than 22 moms with their kids buying them storage supplies, pots, pans, dishes, things they could have packed, etc. Nathan and I have decided to make this a traditioin: go to Walmart and just sit near the checkouts and count the moms and the scared looking freshman. It really is more fun than it sounds.
It ended with Nathan and I watching my favorite show ever: Leverage, and eating chips and salsa. What a good day.
After that it was time for fair food. For those of you that don't know, the only reason to go to the fair is for the food. We had corn on the cob, scone nuggets, funnel cake, corn dogs, and burgers. Sadly, I didn't get any fried twinkies. I've yet to actually try them, but I really thought I'd try it this year. Unfortunately, I'm not a big fan of twinkies to begin with.
Anyway, we went to the different shops and all of the buildings with shops had a live infomercial for cookware. Also, at first I was excited thinking there was a shamwow, but it was a cheap imitation (the chamois). What a bummer.
While there, I ran into five students. They saw me in regular person clothes and acting like a human instead of a teacher...how embarrassing. They all smiled and said hi instead of running in the other direction. So that made me feel good. I even had one student get my attention and wave. Then of course my sister laughed at how he looked older than me. Not true, by the way. She was just being an annoying older sister.
Next on the bloggable day, the seven week break is over. For those who don't speak Rexburg, that means students are coming back. Now I know Nathan and I aren't permanents, but we feel enough of permanents to get annoyed with all the newbies (who for some reason can't figure out 4 way stops this year...not quite sure where that is coming from). We have also been around long enough to know to avoid Walmart, Albertsons, and Broulims from 3 days to the day before school starts. These stores area filled with single students and their mothers (or fathers) buying them things they don't have room for and hundreds of dollars of food (also something there isn't room for because their roomies's moms are doing the same thing).
Well, since neither of us in school we somehow lost track of the days and went to walmart last night. There were no less than 22 moms with their kids buying them storage supplies, pots, pans, dishes, things they could have packed, etc. Nathan and I have decided to make this a traditioin: go to Walmart and just sit near the checkouts and count the moms and the scared looking freshman. It really is more fun than it sounds.
It ended with Nathan and I watching my favorite show ever: Leverage, and eating chips and salsa. What a good day.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Back to School
Remember on your first day of school when your mom took your picture with your new backpack and cute new outfit that you painstakingly picked out the week before (and it's possible that the outfit changed 10 times before school actually started)? And now when you look back you think you looked like a gomer pile (At least that's what I think when I see my big rockin bangs). Do you remember the anxiety of wondering if you had the nice teacher or the mean teacher? How about the fear that this year might actually be difficult (who decided an 8th grader needs to memorize the periodic table?).
Well, today was the first day back to school. Unfortunately, Nathan wouldn't wake up at 7am to take my picture in front of our door. So, I don't have a cheesy picture to post of me on my first day back. Anyway, as a teacher the feelings are different. I hope I didn't forget anything important, especially when I say the same thing to each class all day it's easy to think you already said it (i.e. how I grade, how to get extra credit, what I do if your obnoxious, etc). I also want to make sure I don't look too much like a student.
One thing that is nice is that it is my second year so I know where to find supplies, who to go to, and I have previous students to say hi to me in the hall. It was really nice because I had previous students walk by and they were excited to see me and asking if I was teaching any of their classes this year. It made me feel good. That is why I teach, because it feels good to know you have a positive influence on someone. Oh I'm sure there are students who think I'm awful and tell their friends to get out of my class (which works to my advantage because it is normally the students that cause problems that tell their friends to get out of my class), but it's the few that come to visit you that make the bad days worth it. It's so nice to be working in what I chose instead of something to get by.
Well, today was the first day back to school. Unfortunately, Nathan wouldn't wake up at 7am to take my picture in front of our door. So, I don't have a cheesy picture to post of me on my first day back. Anyway, as a teacher the feelings are different. I hope I didn't forget anything important, especially when I say the same thing to each class all day it's easy to think you already said it (i.e. how I grade, how to get extra credit, what I do if your obnoxious, etc). I also want to make sure I don't look too much like a student.
One thing that is nice is that it is my second year so I know where to find supplies, who to go to, and I have previous students to say hi to me in the hall. It was really nice because I had previous students walk by and they were excited to see me and asking if I was teaching any of their classes this year. It made me feel good. That is why I teach, because it feels good to know you have a positive influence on someone. Oh I'm sure there are students who think I'm awful and tell their friends to get out of my class (which works to my advantage because it is normally the students that cause problems that tell their friends to get out of my class), but it's the few that come to visit you that make the bad days worth it. It's so nice to be working in what I chose instead of something to get by.
Monday, July 13, 2009
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