This Joy’s Life

I work at a high school (the same one as my good friend Carrie, actually. You should remember her from my France trip, ya?). Today at school, we had our first all day assembly celebration. One of the guest speakers was Chuck Norris (no, not really). He had a lot to say, including:
(FYI, there are a lot of facts out there about Chuck Norris. I don’t really know where they come from or why they’ve appeared, but knowing them is very popular with the younger generation lately.)

Anywho, Chuck Norris knows about school spirit and he knows that Carrie and I have it:

He also thought this posters was quite clever. Very Far Side-esk:
See how you’ve got the rock telling the ruler, “You Rule!” and the ruler telling the rock, “You Rock!” Tee hee.

After school, some of Carrie, a.k.a. Mrs. Howell’s, students threw her a Belated Surprise Party. Of course, I was jealous and tried to steel her thunder by upstaging her in “Teacher Karaoke” to the Mariah Carey version of Mariah Carey’s Without You (a.k.a Ken Lee):

Clearly, I think I accomplished my goal:
Here’s Mrs. Howell with our school’s principal Ms. Spector:
Is it just me or is Mrs. Howell the very definition of “Teacher’s Pet”? (wink:)

Not to be outdone by me at her own party, Mrs. Howell gives lessons in the fine art of the “Walk Off”:
Then proves herself reigning right-armed Arm Wrestling Champ:
(However, it should be noted that this student schooled her in the left-arm competition shortly thereafter!)