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Normally, today is my Monday because I have been starting a new round of lessons on Thursdays. However, Jean-Jacques suggested that I change my strategy and I’ve decided to stop my current method, get everyone caught up, and begin the fresh topics on a Monday. I think this makes a world of sense for a few reasons: 

1. Jean-Jacques and I will be able to better implement suggestions we have for one another if we teach the same lesson every week.
2. My Monday classes are slightly more well behaved than some of my Thursday sessions, which would make my life easier while I am learning how to best teach the new topic.
3. I think my Thursday periods could benefit from a more “polished” lesson.

To get everyone caught up, I showed a MythBusters episode today. It’s about idioms and the hosts test to see if there is scientific evidence to support the verity of two sayings -- "Cold Feet" and "When Poop Hits the Fan". It was fascinating to watch the students’ reactions to the show because many of them were either extremely interested or horribly bored/sleepy. I’m hoping that it was the former reaction and not the latter. 


Unfortunately this morning was not as relaxing as I had hoped; I received an email from my grandmother explaining that she was unable to post comments on the blog. This was not the first communication that I have received from frustrated readers. Over the past few months, I have spent countless hours attempting to fix the plethora of problems that iWeb and MobileMe have thrown my way. 


At my wit’s end, I decided to give the programs one final chance to remedy themselves forever. I searched the internet for advice that would help me enable comments for people using web browsers other than Safari; I quickly discovered that many others have been frustrated by the same issue, but that they were unable to remedy the situation. That was the final straw for me and I mentally signed the death certificate for my website at web.me.com/katie.tetu. 


It took most of my morning to create the new blog at blogspot.com. However, now that I have learned how to edit settings, post pictures, add copyrights to my photos, and create new entries, I’m a happy camper. In many ways, I prefer using iWeb because it’s an easier program to use and I have more control over things; however, blogspot.com is known to work and I don’t think I’ll have as many issues as I did with iWeb. 


I’d better not experience more problems!