That time of year again...

Well Mock Trial season has begun again. I'm excited because this year's case is very interesting (accidental death blamed on the entertainment industry. Oooh.) and because I have nearly twice as many students interested this year as I had last year.
Of course, there are benefits and drawbacks to getting involved in any student extracurricular activity:

Pros:
- I get a bit more pay, always a plus
- Since law was my career of choice before going into teaching, I get to involve myself in another activity that interests me.
- The case (Gallo vs. Urbanski) seems like a lot of fun. (Though it's hard to say some of the witness names with a straight face!)

Cons:
- Our attorney advisers haven't gotten back to me about helping out this year. If I don't hear from them soon, I'll have to scrape at the last minute to find a new lawyer to help the team.
- Additional extracurricular activity means few-to-no evenings free for Rummi from now until February. (*sigh*)


Also (somewhat unrelatedly), I got the following email from a friend of mine. Normally I delete most jokes/chain letters that fill up my mailbox, but every once it a while I get one that's worth sharing. I figured the teachers on my flist could appreciate this one:

( School Answering Machine )

Was it actually real? Who knows. But how many of us really wish we could make such a statement some days? *G*

That time of year again...

Well Mock Trial season has begun again. I'm excited because this year's case is very interesting (accidental death blamed on the entertainment industry. Oooh.) and because I have nearly twice as many students interested this year as I had last year.
Of course, there are benefits and drawbacks to getting involved in any student extracurricular activity:

Pros:
- I get a bit more pay, always a plus
- Since law was my career of choice before going into teaching, I get to involve myself in another activity that interests me.
- The case (Gallo vs. Urbanski) seems like a lot of fun. (Though it's hard to say some of the witness names with a straight face!)

Cons:
- Our attorney advisers haven't gotten back to me about helping out this year. If I don't hear from them soon, I'll have to scrape at the last minute to find a new lawyer to help the team.
- Additional extracurricular activity means few-to-no evenings free for Rummi from now until February. (*sigh*)


Also (somewhat unrelatedly), I got the following email from a friend of mine. Normally I delete most jokes/chain letters that fill up my mailbox, but every once it a while I get one that's worth sharing. I figured the teachers on my flist could appreciate this one:

( School Answering Machine )

Was it actually real? Who knows. But how many of us really wish we could make such a statement some days? *G*