Some of my favorite quotes from this school year

• "I can't read a book" - Allyson Oakes 3/28/08
• "The sun WILL come out" - Allyson Oakes 3/28/08
• "I want the axe so I can slit my throat" - Molly Rhinehart 3/28/08 in response to the LOST game we play in class
• "Braveheart didn't talk to Frodo!" -??? who knows what Shannon Essick was talking about here???
• "...and smate Godzilla" - Kraig Berglund 4/8/08
• "It's like...a male donut" - John Schmidt (sorry John!) 4/10/08 regarding the donuts I brought to my first period class that didn't have any holes in them.
• "CHALUPA!!!" - a long story about Jordan Douglass
• "SPACESHIP!!!" - another long story courtesy of Adam Dyble
• "...your partially white too." - fascinating insight from the mind of Hannah Austin
• "Czar....??....that spells caesar" - a wonderful observation from Brianna Keebler
• "But where are we going to get the pot?" - Allyson Oakes 3/28/08, once again another gem from Ally during the LOST game.
• "My pop tart is not genetic..." -Shannon Essick again, enough said
• "Essays...like Mexicans??" - Jadiah Green after I assigned several writing assignments. I am pretty sure this could be offensive but it was funny!
• "My lecture is so good...I'm getting arousing applause!" - Coach Ramsey 4/11/08, probably one of the most emarassing moments of my teaching career. I meant a rousing ovation but it didn't come out that way. A student later asked why I wasn't standing when I lecture which further embarrassed me.
• "Class, what do you call the dumbest, slowest, weirdest, ugliest person in the world? 'Coach Ramsey' the class replied" - I'm not sure who contributed this part but it came from my arch nemisis' paper, Derek Pfeiffer.
• "In Ramseytopia, Ramsey doesn't read books, he stares them down till he gets the information he needs" - Once again, I don't know who wrote this line, but it came from Danielle Miranda's paper. I do realize it is a Chuck Norris ripoff, but it is still funny.

If you have any others, feel free to share them!

Czar out!!!!

A stroll through the mind of Ramsey

I figured that while I am sitting here watching the Mets destroy the Phillies that I would go ahead and post the sequel to my first blog. I am happy with the responses to the first blog and I hope you all continue to participate and make this fun. I don't want you guys to focus solely on what I write. My opinions are simply that, opinions, and they are not the only ideas out there. I would like you to read my thoughts and the thoughts of others and to respond to both. My goal for this blog, once again, is to create a community and a place to exchange thoughts and ideas. On that note, I think you all did a tremendous job with the classroom discussion today. I know I am not the greatest teacher, but my goal is to be the best teacher I possibly can be, and I hope that this activity will make my classroom more effective and meaningful. I take it personal when my students fail because their failure is a direct reflection of my teaching ability. I may joke around a lot, but make no mistake about it, I take my job seriously. I believe in what I teach and I believe that I have a great group of students to teach. Days like today encourage me as a teacher and means a heck of a lot to me personally as well. I want you all to have fun, but I want you to learn and grow as well. We had wonderful discussions in all three classes today and I left Science Hill feeling like we accomplished something. I was thrilled to see so many of you take this activity seriously and discuss the issues with both knowledge and passion. I'm not really going to specify exactly what questions I want you to answer in this blog, but I am instead going to open it up to you to direct the discussion. I want you to discuss with each other, not me. Remember, attack the issues, not each other!!!! I will not tolerate any student that is disrespectful (but I don't think that will be a problem with this group). Did anything we discussed today in class have an effect on you? What did you agree or disagree with and why? Discuss today or anything else relevant among yourselves. I will try and post responses as well. Thank you all for being such great students!!! You will truly be a memorable senior class to me. Until next time, you stay classy Science Hill seniors!!