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Thursday, June 26th, 2008Last Day of School
Have you seen four sweeter words than those? I haven’t. It’s summer and I am free. July is the best month of the year because there is no school the entire month. I return to teach a new group of students at the end of August. But for now, I will grab a margarita and [...]
Monday, January 7th, 2008The hard part of being a teacher
As a middle school teacher, I have many really great days and a few days which aren’t great. Students at my school work very hard to achieve good grades. Once in awhile I will have a student who doesn’t want to do their work, but usually that comes from the student having a problem at home. For the past month. [...]
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007Nyscate Day 2
I’ve seen a lot of the great social networking sites that are out there. Yet, I am not sure that these sites are right for my students. Of course I want my students to have fun with technology, but not at the cost of their safety. I remember what it felt like to be invinsible [...]
Friday, November 2nd, 2007Memories, Phases of Life
The secretary at my school retired last year and her retirement party is tomorrow. I was working on the Powerpoint presenation for her party. Who knew that a series of pictures showing life and how it progresses with some sappy song can have such an affect on me. Anyway, I hope I can be as kind, patient [...]
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007A Long Day of Joy!
I woke up a bit late, but knew I could get ready fast because everything was already laid out (makeup, clothes, shoes, etc). I got to school and it was an incredible day. My students gave in impressive research papers. A final project always lets me see that they have understood and learned a topic. [...]
