Personal blog

So I've been taking a break from blogging regularly, mostly because it has freed up time for me to work on my textbook. Yes, it is a bit scary that I was beginning to feel like taking 20 minutes once a week was too much time to take off from work and my family. Guess I just wanted to spend that time with my son, okay?

I'm excited about the fact that the textbook I am writing is nearing completion. I'm starting my Master's degree in January, but I should be mostly done writing by then, and one of the courses I am required to take at my high school (English as a Second Language in the Mainstream - don't ask) will be over very soon. Only 2 more classes...

I miss Vasilia and Thanasi, they have been away on the East coast of the US for what feels like a couple of weeks now (has it been that long?). I've gotten to chat with Vasilia nearly every single day though, which has helped a lot. Wish I got to hang out with Thanasi more, but he's not a web-chat kind of person yet.

School has been okay, I've got a school blog up and running smoothly for my Math class, and I'm working on a Wiki with my 9th grade students so they can review the material we have covered. I think they are mostly enjoying it, but it's obviously a lot of work. Fortunately I'm a bit ahead of the other teachers, so I have the time to do it. The exercise definitely seems worthwhile, they are learning valuable time-management skills, and are using many of the technical skills I have been showing them during the semester without my prompting. Pretty cool. They are also organizing some pretty cool material.