Teacher Sweaters: Smell Like A Monster

I think I have spent the better part of this school year smelling like a monster. Grover would be proud. My classroom is a sauna (that is a metaphor NOT a simile--there is no like or as about my sweaty pits around 1:30 in the afternoon). Some days I make my kids do Yoga just because it seems a shame not to put that perfectly heated and humid climate to good use--yoga studios pay big money to establish those tropic conditions! In any case, I played this video at least 4 times for my last class today. I don't know if my students were laughing at the video or laughing at how hard I was laughing each time I replayed it.
Smell Like A Monster
This, clearly, is the reason teachers have technology in classrooms. I plan to write an entire technology grant based on the argument that regular viewing of YouTube hits will improve student learning therefore necessitating a SmartBoard and brand spanking new sound system in my terrarium...I mean classroom. However, I learned today that I can't just go ahead and apply for grants any longer. If I want to put in the extra time and effort to acquire resources for my classroom, I first must jump through all sorts of district hoops and get approval from the boss lady over there in the administrative offices who has no idea who I am. Fuck that. I'll stick to beer drinking fundraisers to earn my dollar dollar bills. Who's coming to Upslope on Oct. 29th for pints with a purpose (take 2) to raise some funds for the second annual Girls Outside Hut Trip???

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