a few things i've learned this week:

• The beautiful/terrible thing about teaching high school seniors is their capacity for independent thought.
• Somehow, 75% of my "advanced" sophomores are incapable of posting a comment on a blog without intense and painfully specific instruction.
• Tom Brady's human.
• When it comes to high fashion, I am completely incapable of distinguishing the difference between daringly original avant-garde, and laughably ridiculous costumes.  I do recognize that a model should never look like she's pooing fabric, however.
• When my DVR wonks out and refuses to record a single thing, it becomes alarmingly clear that I've forgotten how to watch television without it.  (So, did I miss the premieres of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and "Fringe"?  Oh yes.  I did.)
• Bill O'Reilly may not be the total asshat I always assumed he was.
• My seniors are of an age where they refuse to believe that Limp Bizkit was ever not a joke.  Furthermore, the mere mention of Carson Daily's name is enough to send them into a helpless fit of giggles.
• No time is ever a bad time for hot chocolate.
• I can only make it through six days on the job before resuming my habit of chronic (yet charming!) tardiness.
• Doing a Google image search for keyword "PETA" is akin to searching for keyword "Porn."  Trust. (And maybe don't try it at work.)