> When I was getting my endorsement to teach English as a Second Language, one of my professors told us that people learn languages to do things they want to do with people who speak that language. She was trying to show us not only why students learn the practical parts of a language before the academic…
Author Archives: Jessica@Team Rasler
>Family-Friendly
>First I have to say that I never appreciate how addicted to the internet I am until our cable modem stops working (or router or whatever other piece of hardware is the bane of my existence at the time). In trying to rearrange our house and convert our office into a second baby’s room, we…
>Spring forward
>Last spring, just learning to walk: This spring, learning to ride a tricycle: How does this happen so quickly?
>Doctor’s Orders
>I had my regular 34-week OB appointment today. I find these appointments rather tedious now that I’m on my second pregnancy, which is proceeding more or less normally (with the weird blip of having to take the 3-hour glucose test). In 15 minutes they weigh me, take my blood pressure, test my urine sample, measure…
>To cry or not to cry
>A couple days ago, I took Sebastian for his second dentist appointment. The last time we went was almost a year ago. He hated it. I attributed that to the fact that he had serious stranger anxiety then and was teething, so no way did he want anyone poking around in his mouth. I hoped…
