After being inspired by watching Caine’s Arcade, some of the people at my son’s coop preschool decided to have a cardboard carnival. So they’ve planned, and cut, and taped, and built for over a month. On Saturday, the day finally arrived. It was inspirational. Preschoolers and their older siblings took ownership of the carnival games. Continue reading “Cardboard Creativity”
Author Archives: Nick
It’s good to be loved by your neighbor
My neighbor (who also happens to be my father-in-law) made my day twice yesterday. When I stopped by my house between school and back to school night, I saw that our lawn (which I have been neglecting for the last 2+ weeks) had been mowed. This is no small feat, as we’ve got a bigContinue reading “It’s good to be loved by your neighbor”
You can do that!
This was a welcome speech given to freshmen at Georgia Tech this week. I’m considering doing something similar for back to school night on Monday. Instead of “changing the world and building an Iron Man suit,” I might crescendo with “Do you want to check your student’s grades and missing assignments? You’re at Del Oro…Continue reading “You can do that!”
A student showed me Quizlet
In the intro to technology class that I teach, students are introduced to a slew of new vocabulary. Over the course of a 9 week quarter, students learn 200 tech-related vocab terms. They take a quiz on a subsection of these terms each week and their final at the end of the course includes allContinue reading “A student showed me Quizlet”
Here’s what happened this summer
Today marks the end of my first summer as a teacher. It was a fantastic and full summer. Not that you asked, but here are some of the highlights: Del Oro’s Graduation made national news so we had to do it again a few days later. It turned out to be a good experience forContinue reading “Here’s what happened this summer”
The Father’s World
Who has two thumbs and would preach a sermon on Father’s Day about God asking Abraham to literally kill his son?? This Guy!
7 Day Vegan – Day Eight
The 10k leg of the Auburn Triathlon went well yesterday. I’ve never done the course before so I don’t have anything to compare it to, but I felt strong the whole time. I think that I can at least say that my performance wasn’t adversely affected by my 7 days of veganism. So the 7Continue reading “7 Day Vegan – Day Eight”
7 Day Vegan – Day Six
I’ve got my first vegan race tomorrow. The race itself isn’t vegan but it will be the first race that I have competed in since being a vegan. It’s the Auburn Triathlon and I’ll just be doing the 10k run leg of the relay. My training this week has felt fine. I haven’t had anyContinue reading “7 Day Vegan – Day Six”
7 Day Vegan – Day Five
When I signed up for the #7DayVegan challenge, I clicked a box that said something like “Send me an email everyday to check in.” I love getting email so this seemed like a good idea. Yesterday’s email included this video of Jason Wrobel making Superfood Vegan Tacos. If you can make decipher the dozen orContinue reading “7 Day Vegan – Day Five”
7 Day Vegan – Day Four
I like smoothies. For the past few years, every week or so, I’ve made a big blender full of smoothie, poured it into 10-12 little kid cups, and put these serving size cups in the freezer. These make for delicious after dinner snacks. Depending on the ingredients in the smoothie, these will have an iceContinue reading “7 Day Vegan – Day Four”
Mr. Zerwas 