Come sit next to me, pour yourself some tea

There are three ways types of insect development cycles. Some insects hatch from eggs and don't really develop any more after that point-- they just live in shells that they shed as their bodies grow larger. The second type of life cycle development is a three phase cycle where an insect develops from an egg into a nymph and from there changes into an adult. Examples of this would be a grasshopper or a dragonfly. I still need to find out how the change from nymph to adult happens. The last type of insect development cycle has four phases, even though the picture I found to demonstrate this has five different pictures for the four phase cycle. The insect starts as an egg, hatches into a larva, changes into a pupa (which is a period of inactivity in their lives) and then changes into an adult. The most obvious example of this type of insect would be a butterly, which is in its pupa stage when it creates a crysallis. Somehow tonight I will create a lesson plan involving modelling the life cycles of insects in a way that fourth graders will not only understand but will also be challenged by. I will start with direct observation (per the assignment) and continue kicking ass from that point.

My thoughts on talking to random people in random places: Are they lonely? Is there a chance that they, like me, will sometimes have no other contact with people that day? I was thinking about that bike path man. And how during the summer, on Sundays, I could go an entire day without speaking to anyone if I chose not to. I'm glad that I can't really do that anymore.

The thought that I only have a little over a month left in this semester keeps crossing my mind as well. It's a pretty nice thought. From the middle of December to the middle of January I'll probably be working a lot more, but I'll be able to go home and not think about homeworky things at that point. Aside from any possible student teaching prep, that is. I think that could be pretty enjoyable, actually. Getting ready for that. It's odd to think that it's only about two months away. I've been waiting almost five years for this and now it's only two months away.