BOBCATS BRING THEIR DANCING SHOES!

One day after an abundance of Green Beer was consumed around the globe, and several days after a Bobcat storm blew through the MAC Conference Tourney, OU laced up their dancing shoes! The might not have had the size of their opponents, or the big name coach like their opponents, but they did have MORE POINTS than their opponents.

OU's convincing win over the Georgetown Hoyas rattled brackets across the nation. That is why I LOVE March Madness. Sure, my bracket is toast already....(if NOVA had lost to ROBERT MORRIS, I would have never made another bracket ever) but that's half the fun. (As I am typing this, Washington just took a 2 point lead on Marquette....thus taking out another team I had moving past the first round)

My BOBCATS stood strong, and will advance. It's more of a shock than the Murray State upset, because Murray State won 30 games this year.....never count out a 30 game winner...they've already proven themselves.

Our guard-play was impressive (Washington just won....stupid bracket) and seriously I was expecting Freeman to take over the game.....nope

Who knew that a team with an RPI rank of #94 could beat a team with an RPI rank of #7????? A small town in Ohio, which was probably still hungover from their previous evening at Lucky's or any other place with green beer on tap, believed. I just hope they refilled those kegs....because the will surely be flowing tonight.

Hopefully we lace up our dancing shoes the same way for the next round....it doesn't get any easier.

ANYONE ELSE WANNA BUST MY BRACKET TONIGHT??

Perfection Achieved: 10-0!

To be on Top....... is a great feeling!
We just completed a perfect flag football season with back to back victories earlier today. The scoreboard didnt really reflect how tough of games they were, but we certainly know how to finish games. It was fun!
∞ Locking up the #1 seed was a goal for us. We didnt intially plan on being the number 1 seed in the playoffs, but after winning our first couple games we set that goal. Several of those W's were come-from-behind victories
∞ After winning the first couple games, we decided to try and win them all, hoping for a first round bye in the playoffs. Then we found out that there were no BYE weeks in the playoffs so that plan wasn't going to be very effective.
∞ Final plan....NEVER LOSE!! Our fina,and most important goal is what really mattered.

In our first game today, we kicked off first, and that team drove the length of the field on us. They were confident and had an extremely mobile quarterback with a strong arm. However his accuracy was suspect, and he threw an interception on the GOALINE. My boy Z (see the pic below) snagged it and ran it out to give us some breathing room. From that point on, our defense continued making big plays. We were up 20-0 at the half, and rolling. So, as long as we didnt turn the ball over in the 2nd half, we would cruise to victory, and prepare for our second contest of the day.

We took the same approach for the second game and kicked off first.... our opponents scored in a first couple plays, and then picked off a pass and scored again. So, after about 5 mintutes we were down 13-0. They had a FULL head of steam, and were excited and confident.

They, however, were not ready for us to scored 32 straight UNANSWERED points. We scored the final 19 points of the first half and they had yo kick to us to begin the 2nd half. We exposed a mismatch and socred on a FLY ROUTE on the first play of the half. That right there broke their spirits. After one more score, we had the game in the bag, so it didnt matter that I had a defensive blunder later in the game when I mistimed my dive for an interception.

10-0 we great. Check out our awesome squad! We might just make it 2 seasons in a row......STAY TUNED



Here is our Road to Success!!!

SLASH!!

Ok. Anyone remember Kordell Stewart? Standout QB in college and went on to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers. His nickname was SLASH. He got that because he was capable of playing several different positions on the football field.



I got a little taste of that last week in our 33-6 Flag Football Victory. I typically play on both sides of the ball (offense and defense). We play a pretty tough man to man defense, in which we have a lot of success. And we also are pretty good on the offensive side of the ball as well.

Our QB has been having some shoulder issues lately, so for a drive I stepped up and played QB. It felt pretty cool. I was Peyton Manning and Doug Williams all in one!!

I was 3-3 with a TD. Three Snaps....Three completions. It felt pretty cool. The touchdown was one of our longest plays of the year. All I had to do was throw the ball to our tailback, and then he made the highlights!!

Next week is the big week. I think our toughest opponent is who we have next week at 10am. If we win, we play again at 11 for the championship. I'm pretty excited for it. Hopefully everyone remembers to "SPRING FORWARD." We might need to give a team wakeup call!!!

#1 Seed looking for the perfect Season!
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1st Period: Algebra II Quiz day

Man,
I have been telling my Algebra II Class to make sure they have their squares learned up to 20... (ex. 5 squared is 25.....they had to know up to 20). They also had to know their perfect cubes up to 10 (ex 2 cubed is 8, 4 cubed is 64).

I told them, that at sometime this week they are guaranteed to have a quiz, in which they would have to fill in all 30 of the answers to the squares and cubes. They would have 90 seconds to complete sed quiz, with no calculator. Well, today was that day!

Here's what I THOUGHT was going to take place. I would give everyone a sheet, they would fill it in within the alloted time, and boom, an easy quiz grade.

Here's what happened....
I told my class, when I give you the quiz, leave it FACE DOWN..... we will start it all together. Of the 7 rows in my class, as I started passing out the quiz to the 2nd row, a freshman, (lets call him VJ) turns his over and starts perusing through his quiz. So I see him, and make a blanket statement to the class:
"Make sure that you leave your quiz face down." He continues to look at it. So, I send out another friendly reminder.... "Almost done....make sure you are rehearsing them in your head....and it should still be face down on your desk." He still kept looking over it....didnt even get it.

So I look at him, "VJ, dont look at it!!" Poor guy..... got scared when i snapped at him.

Next Step:
"Ok..... you will have 90 seconds to complete the quiz when I say go. Remember...when I say pencils down....put them down. I want to her 24 writing utensils hit your desk at the same time; And No Calculators."

So, in 90 seconds, what can go wrong? Let's count:

1. 10 seconds into his quiz, VJ picks up his graphing calculator and starts punching away. My response: I started laughing.....

2. J-Dubb (girl) leans over and starts looking at CT's answers, and decides they are better than hers and writes them down. My Response: I point out the cheating to my TA, and keep laughing.

3. I see two students using their cell phones as calculators....so I announce: "So far, there are 5 zeros... any other takers"


So after I say time up pencils down....I realize the one flaw in my plan...I didnt give students a chance to put their name on their paper. So I give them all 4 seconds to scribble their first name.....(In my head I thought it was a fool proof plan.) So I saw 5 more kids try to fill in problems they didnt get to, during the 4 second "NameWriting" Period.

So that means..... I now have more than 25% of my class, who I know cheated......
And here is what I did....
I pulled up a chair in front of the class, and I laughed. I laughed for like 2 minutes until I tears streaming from my eyes!! I couldnt even speak 3 words without absolutely cracking up.....

5 minutes later. A student, lets call her Amy, is texting during my class. For the third time, I tell her to stop. She doesn't. So I yell "Think Fast" and toss her a dry erase marker underhand style, hoping to get her attention. She looks up at me, stares at it, and then the marker hits her in the forehead. I thought it was funny. Amy did not enjoy my humorous sentiment...... she picked up the marker and put it in her purse, and said, "I guess I'll be keeping this."

My response: I walked over to her desk, picked up her phone, and said. "I guess I'll be keeping this, RULEBREAKER." And put her phone in my pocket. Fair is fair right???

She wasn't happy. I was thoroughly amused. My class was entertained, all, but the ones who will receive a grade of ZERO on their quiz. Another quiz tomorrow!!!!

Mr. Ham....We Really are in High School

Random Conversations that take place in my class on a daily basis......
Example 1:

Me: Guys…lets review these graphing problems… They are all in slope-intercept form. So just graph them

Student to a Friend: Awww, man I forgot how to do these….. How do you put them in slope intercept form?
Friend: They are already in slope intercept form.
1st Student: I’ll ask Mr. Ham just to make sure.
Me: No need to ask me , they are already in slope intercept form.
3rd kid from across the room: Hey Mr. ham, are these all in slope intercept form?


Example 2:
Student Julie: Mr Ham, when you solve a system by graphing, do you have to use substitution?
Me: Nope, just graph them on the graph paper
Julie: I know, but after you graph do I have to solve by using Substitution?
Me: No, for that problem ALL you do is graph, once you graph you are finished.
Julie: But I thought we had to use Substitution.
Me: Ok, use substitution, then.
Julie: But I don’t know how.....

Me: Give me a minute while I take a walk. Then I left.


Example 3:
Mr. Ham: Guys, we have about 5 minutes left in class, here is your Homework. 1-20 on WB page 93.
Response: Is that the homework?
I say: Yes, and I wrote it on the board.
Response: Do we do all? Or just the evens?
I said: Its 1-20.
Response: Hey Mr. Ham, is this classwork or homework?
I said: Nevermind….do whatever you want to do... all I am saying is that I wrote your homework on the board.

3/1/2010
This is just pitiful for High School Math......
I had a student ask me what is 100 divided by 4? Before I had a chance to answer, he said oh wait I got it, its 20. I was like no, try again. He was like no, seriously it is. I was like no, try again. He got a little upset and was trying to prove his point. So I reached in my pocket and said, I have 4 quarters.....when you at them up you get 100. So 100 divided by 25 gives you 4. He became absolutely OUTRAGED when he counted them....cursed me out, then walked out. My thoughts.....only 1 period left.