Several times in my teaching career I have found myself saying "143" and watching my students do a double-take. "What did you say that for?" they ask their number-spouting Latin teacher, who often claims she doesn't "believe in science or... 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 →
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 →
I'm pretty sure I'm not a good teacher. And I definitely know I'm not supposed to be a mom yet. Here's why... I always joke with my students that if there were ever a real fire on campus, I would... Continue Reading →
Favorite moment of the day....a kid in my Spanish class told a five minute story about "one of the saddest days of my life" when a friend's mom promised to get him a slurpee, but she didn't. I threw back... Continue Reading →
I occasionally gripe about Facebook, but I was SO grateful for it yesterday. Deep within the cloud of stress that was apparently passing over most of California, and in a life-determining-test-tomorrow storm front, I became one of those people I... Continue Reading →
My eye hurts. my knee hurts. is this what it feels like for old people? random body parts start tingling and aching and then one day you're old? i read a book about a leper colony in hawai'i at the turn... Continue Reading →
Fav moment of the day: When I took my high heels off and simultaneously sipped a sweet pinot grigio post-Back to School Night. It.was.Heaven. Things I did this weekend: hung out with my handsome and somewhat obnoxious friend El Rico... Continue Reading →
Sunglasses Always Fit 