Pencil Blots

amiteachingyet asked: I think someone said this already, but for a while I read your name as Pencil Bots. I thought maybe you really liked mechanical pencils or were secretly starting a tiny robotic pencil army.

Nope, just a play on “ink blots” because I mostly do pencil drawings, and I collect antique and old pencils. But a robot pencil army would be awesome.

pablophonic asked: I imagine you sitting by a front indie grumbling about "those damn kids". I know it doesn't seem like a thing you'd actually do, but it's what I imagine you would do without Tumblr...

I don’t know what a “front indie” is, but I do those things anyway. Maybe I can get a flannel shirt, and sit on my porch yelling at kids.

z0eteaching asked: Lol. Doooo it!!!!

:D

z0eteaching asked: Ok Blots. I secretly think you love flannel and own many (or maybe one that you always wear) flannel shirts. I have no idea where this came from. Is this true??

I got one! And no, I don’t have a lot of flannel, but I do have a plaid shirt that I like to wear, and could pass as flannel. I see them all the time in the store, and I consider getting them. Maybe I will get one and take a pic just for you? Maybe.

reblog if you want your followers to tell you one thing they secretly think about you.

thesecretb asked: What are 10 things you would want in your dream classroom? No price limits! :)

Hard question. I would have to say this:

1. Endless supply of binder clips. They are my favorite, and help keep me organized.

2. Big desks. I hate how small the student desks are. But I would need a bigger room for them to be in. 

3. Smart board, so I can draw things on the board and do more interactive things with sentences and such.

4. Books that I can teach/give out to kids. That would be nice.

I will have to think about the rest. Like I said, ten is hard off the top of my head!

jesuisuneetoile asked: Still taking random questions? If so, what is your favorite animal OR favorite tree? Either is acceptable. :D

Sure!

Favorite animal: Grey wolf. I love dogs so much, but wolves are great. My favorite book growing up was Call of the Wild.

Tree: I love Japanese Maples and Dogwoods. They are so pretty and red!

Pencilblot's Game (Cards Against Humanity)

11thletterofthealphabet asked: What's your fave kind of weather??? Your fave season???

Cold. Winter. I love it when it is cold, and things are frozen. If I didn’t get married, and love my wife and Baltimore so much, I would probably have moved a long time ago to some place that is colder all the time. 

markct asked: What is the one thing you will make sure you have in your classroom?

Bins to keep myself organized. I need to have a system so that I don’t lose things. Binders, bins, etc. 

Also, a classroom library. But that could come later.