I saw this Youtube clip posted on facebook. It gave me goosebumps and tears and I knew I needed to share. Not just because I can identify with being called "fat," and have had to get past the hurtful words... Continue Reading →
This is my fourth year of teaching junior high, and unfortunately I'm having one of those quarter-life crisis moments where you look at your job, calculate how much time you spend loving it minus the time you spend hating it,... Continue Reading →
I work as a junior high teacher. This morning, as I walked in, clearly hustling from the parking lot, arms full of various bags, freshly make-upped, haired, clothed in what I *thought* was a cute outfit, a mom I normally adore... Continue Reading →
Forgive me, readers, for I have lived away from my blog. It has been two months since my last post. A lot has gone down this summer, and my Fall is going to be busier. It's my fourth year of... Continue Reading →
I made it through my first week of special ed summer school, and as a reward, came down with a case of strep throat. (Side note: if you need a new diet trick, google images for "strep throat." Appetite will... Continue Reading →
This summer I am teaching Special Ed in a class with nine nine-year-old boys. Needless to say, I'm exhausted and have had frozen yogurt three nights in a row. As dinner. It's also possible that I'm drinking a lot of... Continue Reading →
I finished my third year teaching junior high Friday! Yay! And because we wouldn't want the fun to stop there, I spent Saturday in a teaching seminar! Yay! (By "yay" I meant I was mostly daydreaming about margaritas and pool... Continue Reading →
I've learned a lot about what happens when you lose someone unexpectedly in the last few years. Death is an ugly word, but something we go through more and more as we get older. The beauty in it is watching... Continue Reading →
I have a park near my house where I do a 3.5 mile loop most evenings, for almost two years now. I love Daylight Savings allowing me the sunlight to run even after work and volleyball. But sometimes I find... Continue Reading →
Today in two of my classes, mostly to kill time, I asked the children to write down their wishes on "magic paper" that they were going to translate sentences on. I love when I have time to peek into their... Continue Reading →
Recently I read a great article by Ron Clark, a pretty famous guy in the educational world. He's been honored by Oprah and has a Lifetime movie about him starring Chandler Bing, so....big stuff. His article focuses on what that... Continue Reading →
1. my favorite flowers are sweet peas. neither sweet nor peas. talk amongst yourselves. 2. my favorite food is cottage cheese. plain, right out of the carton, with a fork. 3. im scared of horses. i blame summer camp of... Continue Reading →
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