Why do I show up every single day? Without fail. You ask me. Why? Because I can’t help how much I feel for my 31 kiddies. I am the extension of their family. And this merger–well, it’s going to happen. The neighborhood will change. And the success of change depends on how we approach it. I…
read more »Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. Howard Thurman
read more »I am a 2012 member and I slated to be teaching High School biology in the Bay Area.
read more »Here’s to not falling into the blogging “catch-up” trap, where I recount what has happened since I last updated in June. Suffice it to say that there have been victories and defeats, personally and professionally. Every teaching day is still massively challenging, and I remain grateful for my students and their families, for my charter…
read more »when i first made my decision not to return to the classroom for year 2, i felt the need to defend myself; although i decided to leave for a variety of reasons, many of which sprang from the deep depression within which i found myself for most of last year, i was not doing so…
read more »I really do. It’s a song – it’s just the words haven’t been written for it yet. There’s so much bullshit – I could fill a swimming pool. Instead – I’ll just bow out (of blogging on TeachForUs). What? You thought I’d back off teaching the kids because TFA is a hot mess? No fucking…
read more »So hey y’all. It’s been a few – not because I didn’t have time, but because frankly I wasn’t sure I wanted to share my thoughts. Teach for America is a hot as mess in many ways and the amount of racist and ridiculous things I’ve heard over the past week and a half have…
read more »Last Wednesday, the Santa Clara County Board of Education convened to hear a proposal from Rocketship Education to open 20 more charter elementary schools in the next 5 years. In terms of community impact, this would make Rocketship one of the two largest districts in San Jose by 2018. Students, families, and community members filled…
read more »by Adele Tomorrow I move to California. I’m packed and ready. I’m excited – but not quite as excited as I thought I’d be. Don’t get me wrong – I’m THRILLED about teaching, it’s just that at the end of the day I still have reservations about TFA as an organization. Like why do they…
read more »Two years of teaching are in the bag. I cleaned out my classroom this afternoon, gave and got a lot of hugs, and drove away. It felt a lot like when I packed up my stuff and left for college; I was leaving home. Skyline High School has been my home for two years. For…
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