Cruel Teacher

It turns out that one of my students is going to have a birthday today, Friday. It also turns out that I am giving him 2 quizzes today in the classes he takes from me. (Biology and Algebra 2) I almost felt bad, and then I remembered I had postponed the math quiz because he had been absent so many times and needed extra time to study. (Also unexcused absences) ah I love it when I have an aha moment.

We had a wonderful time showing my parents around the island and we will blog about it on a later post. (Phil has all the pictures)

Phil's Birthday

Besides making apple pies for Phil for his birthday, I also got our students to surprise him at his photo club meeting which took place the night before his birthday. Through a lot of work, we pulled off one of the best surprises in a long time. Something that you need to know: The students make fun of Phil for a certain statement that he always uses. You will know what that statement is in a moment. The following is the slide show the students prepared. Phil had asked them to find a portrait photographer that they liked and as opposed to actually finding one, they surprised him instead. Here is the result. Enjoy!

(I am not really adept at putting a slide show on this site. These are just the pictures. The slide show started out with 2 slides, one that read "Portraits" and another that read "Breath of Life Photography" These 2 slides were there to make Phil think that this was an actual slide show. The rest of the pictures are what came after these 2 slides which are not shown. Also, read the slides using the question and exclamation marks. It makes more sense.)