S: "Are you gonna get a husband?" Me: "I don't know where I'd get one. Do you think you can order one off Amazon?" S: "Yeah, for like $1,000." Me: "Nah, I don't have that kind of money right now."
Word of the Week
Rack: (rak) noun. 1. A case of pop.
Side note: I often think of rack as a word that should pertain to something alcoholic, like a flight, when not pertaining to deer. (Or the stories I’ve heard about ‘running the rack’…), so when my students say something about someone buying them a rack, I always need to pause and remind myself of where I am.
Side note: I thought someone was teasing me because I was from Minnesota and we say ‘pop’, by offering me a pop…so I said “Sure, I’ll take a soda”…to later realize that in Alaska, they do indeed use ‘pop’. Home Sweet Home.
Morning wasn’t made for everyone. Perhaps I’ll conquer it someday!
"Did you know that if you were a cool teacher...if you were a cool teacher, you'd have apples for when we get hungry."
-new student who was hungry an hour after lunch
Pope Francis, dancing, and enough security to make us feel like celebrities…my favorite field trip as a teacher is hard to beat!
It might cost 3x more than the lower 48, but our store is considered one of the best in the district!
Word of the Week
Tupak (tü•puk) verb. 1. Inupiaq word that translates to the verb startle.
Side Note: Similar to katak, the verb doesn’t really have conjugations. “One time, I tupak my mom. You really tupak, eh? The dog make me tupak.”