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 →
My grandma is dead. It was a Saturday, around lunch time. (In my family, we tend to measure time by the meals, not the hours.) She looked like herself, just hooked to machines, and there was one that wouldn't stop beeping,... 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 am feeling sorry for myself. I am wallowing. This year is my Golden Birthday. So many people have no idea what that means that I am wondering if I made it up, but it means I will be 28... 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 →
instagram (follow me at racheldangerw for a barrage of sunset photos, the cover of whatever book I'm reading, quotes, pics of the dog, etc.) the auto tune youtube of Courtney's best/worst from the Bachelor. If you haven't seen it yet...omgoodness it's... 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 →
Tryouts are over, the volleyball team has bees chosen, I feel good about my choices, I'm sorer than I've been in a year. Holding tryouts knowing youll cut half the girls in attendance is rough. They sprinted and wall sat... Continue Reading →
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