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Recommended books: For all girls, or fathers of girls: Boys Will Put You on a Pedestal (So They Can Look Up Your Skirt): A Dad's Advice for Daughters Other good reads: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and the rest of the trilogy. Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova. Also The Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine. Am also enjoying books by Diana Gabaldon Daniel Silva and Markus Zusak Favorite mystery author: Laurie R. King and Val McDermid. Also tearing through Charles Todd's Inspector Rutledge books and finding new Scandinavian mystery authors: Ice Princess: A Novel by Camilla Läckberg Recommended Music: Current favorite songs: Ilarie by Xuxa Cover band: Gonzo's Nose. Recommended Chocolate: Divine - Fabulous milk chocolate (haven't really tried their dark). Gail Ambrosius - fabulous dark chocolates with exotic flavorings. Weather humor: | Hello all, Winter is upon us, have survived a trip to Disney and still no time for art yet. 1st semester is almost over, I will no longer teach NSL and instead be teaching 2 AP World History classes and one Comparative Religions class. Down to only 2 preps and none will be new at that point - yea! Maybe I'll have time to paint or draw again. Next year will hopefully be offering East Asian history! Have conquered the baklava - not as hard as it looks, don't let phyllo scare you. Next culinary goal - Pate de canard en croute (Boned stuffed duck baked in a pastry crust). Also dabbling in Vietnamese cooking, yummy! Maria is into Star Wars and now Harry Potter (not sure how far into the series it is wise to let an 8-year old read, she's finished 3 by now), hasn't entirely weakened the hold of Pokemon, but it has lessened its grip. Trying to get her to use those brain cells crammed with types of Pokemon and evolved forms to be used on learning Spanish, but no dice yet. Looking desperately for Pokemon cards in Spanish! MCPS recently released data on performance on AP exams and I must say I think my kids at Northwood did pretty darn well last year. The chart below shows Northwood in red, MCPS average in purple, and other schools in blue (the highest one is Whitman). Yea! Hopefully the kids this year will rise to the challenge!
 Why I don't use Facebook or MySpace, etc. (if the link doesn't work, here is the actual Washington Post article My pages: Also my now finished classes: Mrs. Bond-Lamberty's NSL Website Mrs. Bond-Lamberty's Latin American History Class Mrs. Bond-Lamberty's Modern World History Class And for APWH teachers: Advanced Placement World History Teachers Useful Websites for APWH Teachers Take care MBL |