New Beginnings!
Summer is struggling to hold on and there is a hint that Fall is creeping in, there is a chill in the early morning air. That can mean only one thing: The beginning of a new SCHOOL YEAR!!! And you thought I was going to say football, HA! This is my favorite time of year. A new beginning. New students, filled with enthusiasm for learning. Their minds are like a sponge: ready to absorb all the new information and knowledge their teachers will share with them. Insipid isn’t even in their vocabulary. I can’t wait. To help me to get to know you better, one of our first assignments is to describe your name using the five senses. Pretend your name somehow represents you. Pretend it could get up off the page and follow you around, like your shadow.I’ve written one that describes my name and I’d like to it share with you.
Mark smells like fresh brewed coffee that tantalizes the nose in the early morning light
Mark tastes like fresh baked gooy, chocolate chip chookies, the warm taste of chocolate chips lingering in your mouth
Mark sounds like the symphony of birds that greet the new day
Mark feels like the warm embrace of the sun that ensconces you on an early Fall morning
Mark looks like the starfish that cling to the coral beneath the surface of the ocean
My quote for the week: We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master. Ernst Hemingway
The blog for the week: What is the one thing you look forward to as a new school year begins?
August 29th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
Yay, new students. I remember when I was a student here last year. You will have good times in Mr. L’s class, I guarantee it. So have a wonderful year students, because Mr. L is the best teacher I have had so far.
- A Former Student
September 4th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
Meeting new people and having great teachers is what I look forward to.
September 5th, 2007 at 7:02 pm
Mr. L,
Well, you already know me, but I’ll give you a hint anyway. It’s your favorite-est student in the whole wide world! Just kidding. It’s me, Rose. Just wanted to POP! by and see how the new kiddies are doing. High school is treating me reasonably well, despite the homework load that we have. And in English, we’re learning GRAMMAR. The nerve! Lordy, I’d rather have middle school English than this boring crap. So anyway. I might be dropping by after school one day just to chat sometime, so if you’d tell me a day that’s good for you, then that would be fantastic.
TTYL,
The one and only,
Rose Layton
September 6th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
Hey, Mr. L!! What’s up? It’s been while. I’m glad to see you are keeping the blog up. I was afraid you wouldn’t. It’s so great in high school, but I seriously miss middle school. Someday, after school, a bunch of us are totally gonna visit you. Just like old times, huh?
But to new students, Mr. L is one of the best teachers in the world! Don’t take him for granted at all because once you really begin to appreciate him, bam! The school year is over. Mr. L is one of those teachers that you’ll tell your kids about someday… “Oh, back in 8th grade I had the coolest English teacher ever”. Don’t be intimidated by his sometimes eagerness to teach and how excited he can get, though.
Like, there was this one time in the poetry unit where he read an Ode to a fake apple being held up by one of the students. The Ode was about a watermelon and the fake apple was the only thing in the room that looked like a watermelon.
So, have a good time. And see you later, Mr. L.
Carpia Diem.
~Courtney~
September 6th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
I was really looking forward to this year. Especially because of all the interesting things we did last year. I now confirm that this year will be AWESOME because of the writing I have already heard in the first 7 days I have been in Mr. Loosveldt’s class. This class is an amazing place for aspiring writers to be free & let out what they feel in their writing. I have from the quick writes. I feel that this year will be amazing!!