Could you pass Miss Hulet's class?

I gave my first "final" today, and now I am curious.

My 6th graders did pretty well. What grade would YOU get?

(Remember, no cheating!)

So, here it is. Sorry about the weird formatting, but I don't know how to connect the text file to the blog.

Mythology Final

Fill in the blanks!

Greek Name.........Roman Name.........In charge of........ Attribute

[Insert]....................Jupiter........................[insert]..................... Powerful
Hades..............[insert]..........................[insert]....................... Gloomy
Poseidon................[insert]..................... Oceans, horses...............[insert]

[insert]...............Juno............... Queen, women...............[insert]

Hermes..................[insert]..................[insert].................... Energetic
[insert]..................Vulcan ...............The forge, blacksmiths..........[insert]

[insert].................Ceres.................... Plants and the harvest........[insert]
Aphrodite...............Venus...............[insert]....................[insert]
[insert].................[insert]..............................War....................... Violent
Apollo..............[insert]......................... Sun, music................[insert]
[insert]..............Diana .......................Moon, hunting...............[insert]
[insert]..............Vesta ............................[insert].......................Gentle

Matching: Write the letter of the description that corresponds with each of the names below.

Athena

Arachne
Kronos
Medusa
Crete
Prometheus
Persephone
Minotaur
Otos
Theseus
Athens .
Daedylus
Pandora

A. Created humans and was punished for giving them fire.
B. The island kingdom of King Minos.
C. Gave string to Ariadne to help rescue the Athenian youth.
D. Goddess who jumped from Zeus's head wearing armor.
E. Giant who attempted to attack Mt. Olympus.
F. Weaver girl who was turned into a spider.
G. The “most happening” city in Greece.
H. Girl who let evil and hope into the world of men.
I. The hero who escaped the labyrinth.
J. The girl that Hades kidnapped and later married.
K. Gorgon woman whose face could turn a person to stone.
L. Titan who swallowed 5 of his children.
M. ½ man ½ bull that eats human flesh

Road of Death

Do you think that a piece of land can have it out for a person? Maybe even hold a grudge? There is a piece of land near the Idaho/Utah border that has it out for me. I have had A LOT of car mishaps along that stretch over the years, but here are the top three:

1. A few years ago my alternator went out on that strip of land and I spent the next few hours trying to get home. I would drive for 20 mintues, stop, turn off the lights, and let the battery charge for 20 minutes without ever turning off the car. If I waited too long between rests, my car would protest by turning the headlights off.

2. I had just had knee surgery and was wearing a leg brace that ran from my thigh to my ankle. My car vapor-locked along the cursed stretch and stranded me at a gas station for an hour and a half while I waited for the tow truck. When he finally came, he brought one of those GIANT trucks, and I had to literally use the seat belt to scale my way into the cab, dragging my useless leg behind me.

3. And then Wednesday night, I was driving home in the rain, and I had my first tire blow-out on the highway...on THAT stretch of road! It looked as if something had tried to take a large bite out of my tire.

I wonder if one of these days that road will just open up and swallow me whole.

Grown Up

I graduated from college. Therefore, people are assuming that I am now a "grown up."

However, the last time we held parent teacher conferences at the school where I work, I was speaking to a parent about his daughter's work habits, and he said something along the lines of, "Oh, I see. Now, are you an eigth grader here too?"

He was a little embarrassed when I explained that I am a twenty-three year old college student.

I'm teaching full time now, and I have my own classroom. But I guess my question is whether I can be a "grown up" if I am still being confused with thirteen-year-old students.