(1st grade teacher/good friend/workshop buddy) and
represented our school at the dfw literacy summit conference on monday and tuesday. our district hosted this nifty event, where tons of teachers from all over come to learn more about recent research, effective strategies and fun ideas for the classroom from published and well known educators. before you automatically think, "oh wow, a bunch of teachers together...must be all milk and cookies and leave it to beaver-y", read on! besides learning some valuable research information & techniques to help me be a better teacher (yeah, ok...it's a little "we are the world" right there...BUT), the highlight of the whole 2 day conference was witnessing lesli participate in a sing-off contest at the end of day one:
yup. that's lesli, singing
totally sober in front of like 40 people
we don't know (sorry the picture's blurry-i took it with my cell phone). when we learned of the contest and prizes (winner took a $1000 certificate for a bedroom makeover from some fancy company), lesli signed right up. me? no way. those who know me know that i'm usually not the first to shy away from a microphone (used to emcee pep rallies, parades through town and various programs in high school). however, i always make it known to whoever i'm with that if there's going to be karaoke, i need alcohol to prepare myself & everyone around me for my performance. now seeing as this was a school-related event, of course we couldn't do that! (although it was playfully suggested by the keynote speaker, the infamous
) anyhow, there were several contestants, many of whom you could tell that singing was their "thing". never the less, lesli ROCKED! i was so impressed with her courage and well, GUTS, for going out there to sing in front of all those *strangers*, mostly from other districts. here's to you, my brave workshop buddy! our adventures sure are fun. i wonder what'll be in store for us at the next workshop don sends us to?! shh, i don't think our principal knows what really goes on at these things!!!
yup. that's lesli, singing totally sober in front of like 40 people we don't know (sorry the picture's blurry-i took it with my cell phone). when we learned of the contest and prizes (winner took a $1000 certificate for a bedroom makeover from some fancy company), lesli signed right up. me? no way. those who know me know that i'm usually not the first to shy away from a microphone (used to emcee pep rallies, parades through town and various programs in high school). however, i always make it known to whoever i'm with that if there's going to be karaoke, i need alcohol to prepare myself & everyone around me for my performance. now seeing as this was a school-related event, of course we couldn't do that! (although it was playfully suggested by the keynote speaker, the infamous 
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