School's Out For Summer!

Hooray!! School's out for summer! Sometimes I joke around and say my three favorite things about teaching are June, July and August. But in all seriousness, there is some truth to that. Next week I am starting my reading endorsement and will be busy with that. I have homework due on my first day of class. Yuck. Our text for the class is called Proust and the Squid. I've heard the book is really good, but frankly speaking, the name doesn't really peak my interest. Quite the contrary. I read the inside jacket and it is about the psychology of the reading brain. I guess I won't know until I read it. I really enjoyed Cris Tovoni's book, Do I Really Have to Teach Reading? I also really like the book Strategies that Work by Stephanie Harvey. I don't enjoy reading textbooks. I much prefer practical application and personal experience stories. It's also good to start off my summer with some auctions on E-Bay. I just sold some things and soon I can go e-baying to buy. Right now I am browsing the women's handbags (I'm blogging and e-baying on different tabs. My computer is slow so I multi-task - which makes it slower...go figure). I found a gorgeous Hermes bag that is a bit out of my price range at $8,000. But it's fun looking, right?