Fantastic Friday: April 17th Edition

Every Friday, I will be posting what made this teaching week great. When I say "every Friday" I mean as often as possible. So here is my first Fantastic Friday list...

1. I finally (and I say finally because the mail took really long to get it to Hawaii) received my SLANTbox from Erin. She did such an amazing job and I love, love, LOVED the box she put together for me. Everything was SO me. Thank you Jameson for hosting. I definitely recommend checking out their blogs and signing up for the next SLANTbox if you are a teacher.

2. One of my Pre-K kiddos got accepted into a prestigious private school for Kindergarten. This had nothing to do with me, but I am so happy for him.

3. We are having our first ever fundraiser tomorrow and I am overwhelmed by the generosity of the parents at our school. We asked them to donate drinks for us to sell at a rummage sale and now my office looks like the drink aisle at a grocery store.

4. I stumbled upon the 30 day teach happy challenge from Sheila Jane this week. I love the idea of it and will definitely be participating soon. Thank you for posting this challenge! 

Happy Fantastic Friday!

-Miss Kapua 

Book Review: Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan

I have finished reading this book months ago, but have been struggling on how to review it. In turn pushing all my book reviews back. Boo! Like many (if not ALL) teachers out there, I don't have a lot of free time. So what I choose to do in my free time is very important and I try to do things that make me happy and or fulfilled. Reading this book was neither of those things. For me, this was one of those books that I finished reading just for the sake of finishing it.

Commencement is about four girls who meet during their freshman year of year college at a Women's College. The book included all of the things you would expect for book about a group of girls at a Women's College...a little drinking, rape, protests, lesbians, and friendships. The only things in the book I could relate to were the friendships and parties. Everything else was not in my college experience. What I can appreciate about this book is the way the friendships are portrayed. It was very realistic and I found myself taking sides during arguments.

Verdict: Not my cup of tea and I can't think of anyone I would recommend this book too. It was a bit of a slow read for me and ended in a very weird way.