Let's Bake Yummy Cookies

Betty is a baker.
She bakes bread, cake, and cookies.

Today she's baking chocolate chip cookies.
Can you help her?

First you need a large bowl.
Put butter in the bowl.
Add sugar, eggs and vanilla.

Then stir, stir, stir!
Now pour in flour.
Next come salt and baking soda.

Stir again.
Then add chocolate chips.

Stir a few more times, and...
Wow!
You already made cookie dough!

Next scoop up the dough.
Then drop spoonsfuls of dough on a tray.

Bake the cookies in the oven.
Are they ready, yet
No, not yet!

Brrring!
Oh yes, it's already ten minutes and the cookies are ready.

Mmm...
I think chocolate chips are yummy!
Do you like them too?

What you need to make yummy cookies:
225 grams of butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
350 grams chocolate chips

The Rude Student

I've been teaching for more than ten years and this student is the rudest student that I've ever had. He's a third grade student who always distracts the class. He makes noise, disturbs his seatmates that sometimes causes some bruise when he hits someone next to him, doesn't do anything what you tells him to do on the computer and when you asked him to stop on his craziness then he will curse you or other teacher who asks him to do. He always bothers others but doesn't want to be bothered of his craziness.

One day, he was absent and his friend said that she was so happy that "Rudy" (let's just call him Rudy because he is rude) was absent. She said that she felt so relieved and it seems like some thorns pulled out from her heart after saying what she wanted to say without Rudy. She said she's suffocating when Rudy is around. I felt the stress that this student feels about him. Just the way that I felt when I didn't know him well but I realized that Rudy is completely special child. I don't mean he's retarded or disabled, what I mean is, he has phychological problem that he makes everyone so stressful.

When I gave them homework that I told them to write a situation when their teachers got angry with them, he said that his teacher was so angry in class when he cursed her. I found out that he says bad words to everyone even to his school teacher.

I heard that he has younger sister and his family's attention is with her sister. Since then, I realized that he needs special attention that's why he bothers everyone in class because he needs attention. When I lose patience to him, I sometimes think that his family ignores him because of his bad attitude. But deep inside, I take pity on him because of his attitude and I'm still thinking on what to do to stop his craziness.

The Mole

Have you ever seen a mole? What do they look like?

Have you ever walked across a lawn and found a little ridge where there was none before? Have you wondered how it got there? It was probably made by a little animal about six inches long called a mole. Very few people have seen a mole because they usually stay underground digging tunnels. They have thick, soft gray fur with a short tail that looks like an angleworm. They have tiny eyes that covered up by the fur on their face. The mole only sees light and dark. He doesn't need to see anything else.

Stay late at work

The students are preparing for their exam so we have to stay to work until 11p.m. or sometimes until midnight. We also sometimes go on weekends so we are tired before the exam. The students are pitiful because they look hungry and sleepy but they have to stay until late at night. They also say that they get much stress studying but we can't do anything for that. No pain, No gain! If they want to get a higher grade then they have to suffer.

Actually, I really don't understand the education system here. The students are forced to study including elementary grade school students until late at night. There are lots of institutes that they have to attend not to mention their tutorials at home. So I understand when the students complained. I also understand when they can't understand any of what I teach. Maybe they are confused, over studied or their heads are full to accept learning.

How to grow plants?

Spring is coming soon. What a great time to plant specially flowering plants. If you want to see a plant grow under your eyes, here's a good project for you to do this spring. If you have a younger sibling, you can pretend to be the teacher and make it a learning project. It would also be great for your kids. First, buy some gladiolus bulbs, you can plant them inside or outside. For one bulb, a flowerpot is big enough. Be sure to keep the soil damp. After three or four weeks, a little green shoot should appear. One little girl saw the shoot right before her nap. When she woke up, she looked at it again. It had grown so much that she could see the difference. She was amazed. Teach your brother or sister how to measure the shoot. Write down how tall it is every day. If you have a camera, you can even take pictures of it every three or four days. The gladiolus will grow so fast as it will amaze you, too. Most gladiolus plants produce flowers.