This morning we woke up and reported to the office to get our assignments for the day. We didn't have to volunteer, but we felt that we needed to give back in some way. We were both given a list of about 8 things we could work on, and Jamie and I decided to tackle the issue of helping create a teacher resource page using their website. Basically, they have about 5 lessons online that are pretty poor and not helpful for teachers. Its kinda funny that we are on vacation and spent the morning writing about objectives and looking at the VA SOL website. In the afternoon I took some pictures around the office and the ranch and will give them the files in the morning. (I think they are going to want the 115 pictures that I took yesterday of the rope bridge.) After dinner Jamie suggested that we hike this mountain which I will call Huff-Puffaluff. Its funny how this whole trip I picture a situation and then it ends up very different. I thought this was like a 30 min. jaunt up a hill. Ha. About an hour into it I knew this was an entire evening activity. (the best part of the walk up was when Jamie explained the entire Harry Potter series to me, perhaps we have run out of things to talk about?) But we made it and spent a few minutes frolicking and then it started to rain. And it rained the entire walk down. We made it though and we treated ourselves to one extra brownie that they had on the "snack table"!
Two things to set the record straight:
ReplyDelete1. The hill/mountain we climbed was called Huff Puff.
2. One of the houses at Hogwarts in Harry Potter is called Hufflepuff, which is what prompted me to start talking about the books. I didn't explain the entire series, just stuff about how it all ended like how Dumbledore was searching for and trying to destroy all the horcruxes that Voldemort made and whether Snape was good or bad, just that sort of thing. I won't ruin it here and give away the ending if you don't know--you'll have to get to book 7 to find out. Maybe tomorrow's topic of conversation can just be starting at the beginning and explaining how Harry ended up at the Dursleys or who Tom Riddle is.
. . . see what I mean . . . she lost me at Voldemort.
ReplyDeletemaybe after you explain who tom riddle is you can have a rousing quidditch match.
ReplyDeleteabsolutely!
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