🎶It's a pillow, it's a pet... it's a CASTANET!🎶 *freezes with cheesy grin and jazz hands* ...No? Okay, fine, it's a Pillow Pet. No sense of humor... *grumbling under breath*
I might've mentioned a long time ago- back when we were in Utah, so maybe 2 years- a frog Pillow Pet. I gave it to Winnie, along with most of my stuffed animal collection, before we moved out of AL. (I hope she's taking good care of them...) I'll be honest- as stupid as Pillow Pets were and as much as I saw the commercials and heard the jingle over an over and over, for the longest time I longed to have one. Some of them really are so cute! The price was too much, in my opinion, so my mom and I agreed maybe once the price dropped or something. But did the price ever drop? Haha, nope. And, by the time they did do sales, it was for the later generations of Pillow Pets that weren't very cute.
But a few days ago, I came home and went to drop my backpack off in my room... And there, on my sister's mattress, sat...
A panda Pillow Pet.
My mom explained she saw it and planned to give it to me for Christmas, but then got worried about whether I still wanted a Pillow Pet or not.
Of course I'd totally be up for another stuffed animal. Wow, talk about not knowing your daughter. *playful scoff*
I'd definitely gotten excited when she said she got it from Ross for $4. By then I was like "HECK YES!"
The surprise got ruined, but I'm still considering this my Christmas present.
The panda's sooo cute!~ I remember it being one of the cutest in the commercials. This one is kinda funny cuz it has a few mistakes- the head is permanently turned to the left, for example- but I've always been cool with my stuffed animals having things like that. Just makes it look sillier and feel more unique, cuz no one else has a stuffed animal quite like mine. *teeheet*
I'd been so scared about doing a PowerPoint presentation in Child Development, cuz I basically had to memorize what I was gonna say to get the best grade (cuz it was supposed to be a Pecha Kucha). I did more preparation at home- on my own time- to make sure I did this presentation well, but I still really hoped I wouldn't talk too fast or too slow or, please no, choke up.
Luckily for me, it turned out that we didn't have to do it in front of the whole class, just the teacher- so we were at the computers in the library, and she'd come to a group, who'd pull up their PowerPoint on their computer and give a mini-presentation to the teacher. I know teachers often have us do presentations to the whole class so we get more used to public speaking, but doing it this way made a perfect amount of sense to me. People could keep working if they needed to while others presented, and she could probably go through all of them a lot faster, and thus we don't use so many days just for presentations like what often happens in other classes.
Doing the practicing at home really helped out, cuz I said just about everything I'd put in the script. I couldn't quite loosen up all the way with the teacher, and I was still nervous, but it was a lot better than doing it in front of everyone. The teacher actually was engaged and looked interested in what I had to say, which is usually not the case with other students, so I liked that. She said I did a good job, and that she kinda wished I did do it in front of the whole class- but she mentioned it wasn't really part of my personality to enjoy public-speaking, so she wasn't gonna force me or anything. I appreciated that. She really is a great teacher; I just wish she didn't usually have to deal with such horrible kids. She deserves better than you pooheads!
It's ironic that I mentioned thinking of doing the presentations that way made perfect sense, cuz it turns out I have to do a group presentation with a poster for two other classes in the near future- exactly what I had managed to get out of in Child Dev. *deep breath*
Honestly, I think I am more likely to learn more through notes than through group projects. Sure, I tend to research and learn things I wouldn't have learned just with notes, but it's only on one specific topic within the bigger topic, and maybe doesn't even have much to do with what we're supposed to be learning in class. And kids often don't come out of this with greater knowledge- many are seriously reading off their posters, not even remembering vaguely what was written there, and others are dead asleep while students present. Just... no. There's a reason we do traditional notes and don't depend on other kids to teach us!
I read the last book of All the Wrong Questions by Lemony Snicket today. It was interesting and definitely had some unexpected answers for questions (and a PLOT TWIST!), but I don't think I'm fully satisfied with how it ended. *mrrrrr*
My family's starting to watch Project Runway again, and will probably get to the newest season of America's Next Top Model afterward. I'm also starting to try to get caught up with some of my favorite cartoons. Turns out Gravity Falls has had many more episodes since I last watched than I thought! *tear* And PHINEAS AND FERB HAD THEIR FINAL EPISODE IN THE SUMMER! At least I know I've basically seen every other episode except maybe one or two... I'd really rather not go looking for what that would be. There's also Adventure Time and The Amazing World of Gumball that I need to watch. (I watched "107 Facts" YouTube videos for a lot of cartoons, including some mentioned in this paragraph, and found out some interesting stuff. Check it out if it won't spoil any endings for you. *thumbs up*)
That's... pretty much everything. I have Thanksgiving Break this week, so I wonder what we'll do~
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