Pitt was ranked #4 before playing UConn. UConn was #1. Now Pitt is #1. Go Pitt! I really don't care that they are ranked #1 right now. What I really care about is them doing well in the tournament. They have to do well in the Big East Tournament to get a good ranking for the NCAA tournament.
I think it was ridiculous and wrong for Penguin leaders to fire Therrian. Why would you fire a coach right in the middle of the season? Give the poor dude a chance. He did take the team to the Stanley Cup Finals last year. Fire him at the end of the year, now now.
Isaiah's team won their game on Wednesday night. Isaiah had 2 three pointers. We have a strict "no 3 pointer" rule for Isaiah. He's a really good shooter, but he isn't always strong enough to shoot that far. Needless to say, he was ecstatic!
School update:
and history lesson:
We read an article in class today about how cheese was first invented. The first cheese was produced by accident when an Arab boy stored milk in a bag made from the stomach of a goat. He found that the day-old milk would curdle in the bag (stomach) and create solid chunks (curds) and liquid (whey). Then people discovered that the curd-chunks could be separated out and dried. They had found a way to store milk and use it later. At some point, someone discovered that the most active portion of the young animal's stomach to cause curdling was the abomasum, the last of the four chambers of the stomach. The abomasum was cut it into strips, salted and dried. A small piece would be added to milk in order to turn it into curds and whey. At some point, the Germans began calling this material rennen, meaning to run together. Today it is referred to as rennet. In simpler terms, and the gist of what we read: cheese was made with time, milk, and rennet.
After pondering this for awhile, one of my students wanted to where she could "pick up" some rennet so she could make her own cheese. Serioulsy missed some key points in the article, but to appease her, our title one teacher googled "rennet" to see where you could find it. We decided my student would be better off just buying some Great Value brand American Cheese from Walmart and leave the complicated cheese making process to the professionals.
I guess kids don't watch Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers anymore. I rememeber watching the whole cheese process on Mr. Rogers. It was very long and detailed and extensive. It took quite a few minutes on Mr. Roger's majic picture frame that turned into a movie. But the clip really made you hungry for cheese when the little boy at the end finally gets to eat a small piece of cheese from the circular tin can. Maybe I could find that clip and show it to my students. Then again, probably not. Cheese making is not a PSSA standard so I am not allowed to teach it.
Children Update:
Jeremiah is sick now. Fever and Sore throat. He goes to the doctor today at 3. It is not normal to see Jeremiah down. He never gets sick. My house is so quiet because he is on the couch resting and not singing. He didn't want to go to school yesterday and that is how I really knew he was sick. This is the first day he missed all year long. It is funny how different your children are. Isaiah and Corynne would miss school for a hang nail if I let them and Jeremiah tries to make it with a temperature of 102!
Corynne's birthday is coming up this week. I cannot believe my she is going to be 5!
4 comments:
And I thought you didn't pay attention to Mr. Rogers! I always enjoyed "Picture, Picture"!
Poor Miah. You're right - it is so unusual to see him down. Sure hope he feels better soon - I miss the choir!!
"Then again, probably not. Cheese making is not a PSSA standard so I am not allowed to teach it." - Now that is something that makes me a cranky ole man. Not the Cheese but not being able to teach children by inspiring them to teach themselves. Interesting topics create the atmosphere for young mushy heads to make their own cheese. (do not take this literally Jess...It is a metaphor)....Mr. Rogers (sadly reruns now)is one of the best teaching
tools possible. Even I as an old man have learned things watching it. I used to watch it with Rachel when she was small....On one episode they were making musical instruments. I could never figure out how they bent the brass to make trumpets and trombones etc. without kinking the tubing....now I know.....I guess you'll have to watch the reruns to find out. - Unka Mike
i agree unka mike. did you ever watch the one where they make the orange crayons? that's a neat one. after the pssa, for two months, i try and teach all the things i couldn't all year long...like the states, holocaust, manners, you name it. maybe i'll throw a cheese making lesson in there too :-)
The making of Crayons was my favorite!! I'll settle for buying my own cheese not thinking about how it's made because it's actually kind of yucky.
I hope everyone is feeling better!
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