Green paint on the floor, mountainous old furniture– ugh, is that a roach?
read more »With summer fading, she laminated centers while watching T.V.
read more »It’s been a while, friend! ”Busy-ness” is always the best excuse to fall off the face of the planet, especially as a TFA Corps Member. But really, it was because I didn’t know how to write about something as dense and impenetrable as the event known as “Institute”. That five week experience is unlike anything I have…
read more »I haven’t written in over two weeks. It’s easy to not want to look at your computer when you get done with all that you have to do at institute. Unless you actually have time to watch a youtube video or two or catch up on Netflix, you really don’t want to do much. Two…
read more »Last night’s rant caused a lot of responses. I will respond to them soon. This morning, I woke up still a slight bit grumpy. Not too bad, but frustrated at how there was yet another lesson plan due today with a one day turn around. As I’ve said before, the amount of planning compared to…
read more »TFA Institute: where a holiday is actually not a holiday, but a workday. Sigh. I would’ve liked to get my 2 lesson plans done early. Yeah, we changed things too many times to be able to do that. I wasted at least an hour today because the objectives don’t always go together and I’ve started…
read more »If you are thinking about joining TFA and are placed in institute over the 4th of July, just be aware that doesn’t mean a holiday. We had to attend sessions this morning and then the afternoon is for planning. I did take a 3 hour drive to get out of Philly for a bit but…
read more »I’m not going to lie to you, TFA lesson plans are something to behold. They are more detailed than any other lesson plans I have generally seen, and I expected to do pretty well at them. I’m tooting my horn (sorry), and although I rarely do the lesson planning like I used to, I’ve always…
read more »I would’ve written earlier. Really, I would have. However, Institute is pretty much all encompassing, even for me. However, I am not the one who is sitting outside with a partner trying to get things done for Thursday. My partner in crime for teaching Chemistry and I are getting along very well and seem to…
read more »It took me about 4 days to finish this post. What can I say? It’s been one of those experiences… I hate reflection. Seriously, I hate it. Reflection makes me overanalyze and overanalyzing causes me to stress and stress causes me to stop sleeping and lack of sleep makes me burst into tears very quickly. …
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