This weekend was the Teach for America 20th Anniversary Summit in Washington, DC. Over 11,000 current or past teachers gathered to discuss all kinds of issues, from segregation, to turnaround schools, to Unions. Although it was an exhausting weekend, it was also incredibly motivating and inspiring. As soon as TFA posts the videos from their… [Read more…]
February 10, 2011
“No way Miss, I ain’t doin that.” “I don’t do homework.” “I don’t take things home.” “No thanks Miss, I’m good.” “A whole page?! Miss, is you high?” Sometimes students really blow my mind. Yesterday was the first time in a while that I assigned homework in Creative Writing class. We’re writing short fiction, and… [Read more…]
July 8, 2010
Hi All, I interrupt my summer full of A+ Credit Recover Software and watching my new Animal Planet obsession to update you lovely people on my teacher life! I’m not really being that leisurely, but I’ll wrap up the school year before I fill y’all in on the summer so far. I started this blog… [Read more…]
October 6, 2009
Today was just long. My advisory was fun – we read a poem about football, but SJ wasn’t there so it was a little sad. SJ was my “favorite little miscreant” – and also the student my Dean told me was going to propose to me by the end of the year. I guess he… [Read more…]
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February 15, 2011
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