{"id":2734,"date":"2013-04-20T19:14:01","date_gmt":"2013-04-21T00:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/?p=2734"},"modified":"2013-04-20T19:14:01","modified_gmt":"2013-04-21T00:14:01","slug":"things-i-love-right-now-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/archives\/2013\/04\/things-i-love-right-now-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Things I Love Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love the new NPR blog Code Switch<\/a>*, so timely considering I just started talking to my third graders about this concept when, for example, I correct their grammar or we edit their writing to change “u” to “you” and “cus” to “because”. I particularly love these two (one<\/a>, two<\/a>) introductory entries on the blog.<\/p>\n

I love this standardized test<\/a> about standardized tests created by an eighth grader. I even shared it with my principal!<\/p>\n

I love (or plan to love in the future) the Digital Public Library of America<\/a> which I read about here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I love this book <\/a>I started reading today *coughcough* after buying it on the way to the library *coughcough*. Time travel! Secret societies! Romance! What’s not to love.<\/p>\n

I love this timeline<\/a> for Shane Carruth’s movie Primer<\/a> and this article<\/a> about his new movie Upstream Color<\/a>–a movie which makes Tree of Life look like a linear plot-driven mundane piece of filmmaking.<\/p>\n

I love my bahn mi place<\/a> even if they are starting to be so busy that I have to wait a lot longer for my sandwich. Now that my pizza joint (I MISS YOU CHILI MAC’S!) is gone, when I die my body will be 75% water and 25% bahn mi.<\/p>\n

*I was shocked to find out several of my colleagues were unfamiliar with the term. I think it’s imperative for teachers to talk to students about code-switching, especially in reference to the language of power in this country!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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