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One More Week

I can’t wait for one of my biggest stresses of the year to be gone and I only have one more week.  Actually 6 days now.  I teach high school English and next week is our state’s standardized test.  So right now is crunch time – covering last minute details, testing strategies, and trying to seem on task without giving them too much to do right now so they don’t get overworked and stressed out themselves (hahaha!  I make myself think they care enough to be stressed out).

I can’t wait for next Tuesday to get here. From here classes go down hill – we read a few of my favorite pieces of literature in each – longer selections that we can spend a few weeks on each.  In the next twelve weeks, we’ll cover Romeo & Juliet, The Miracle Worker, The Crucible, and I think 12 Angry Men.  I’m thinking of maybe reading The Giver with one class and another novel.  I can’t wait to get into these awesome pieces of literature.  Yea!!

At Home Medical Testing

This weekend while visiting with my grandmother, I picked up her edition of the Woman’s Day, June 17th edition. One of the articles was over all of the at home medical tests available now and whether or not they recommended the home versions versus going to the doctor/medical lab for the “official” tests. They discussed everything from the basic home pregnancy test to STD testing. Well, boy did I feel naive. I didn’t even know that some of these tests existed in an at home version.  So I did a little research today out of curiousity and sure enough, according to the vendors, we can in fact be tested for almost anything at home now. tSTD is an at home STD testing company that promises confidential, nonembarrasing, professional testing from your home.  Who would have known?