When I heard I was placed in high school social studies, I always hoped I would be able to teach AP classes. Those were some of the most challenging classes I had in high school, and the lessons I learned in there were truely life lessons. My first year of AP classes taught me time…
read more »So, we have had to apply to Duval County using their online app, and I have some comments to make about it. We found out on Monday the 28th (or rather I would have had I not slept through my alarm to wake up at 12:30 am for the meeting at 1 am on Tuesday…
read more »Hey gang! I used to post on here under when I was going to be a corps member from 2011 in the Rio Grande Valley, but then I got a Fulbright to Macedonia and was able to defer my TFA placement until this year. I waited and waited and counted down the days until I…
read more »A conversation with one of my students last week: “Ms. Rubin, what do you want to be when you grow up?” “Um… I am grown up.”
read more »I’m writing this from the first day of Institute (which I feel deserves a separate post). So clearly, Induction came and went with a fury, and in just 4 short days so much was experienced. First of all, DORMS ARE COLD. COLD COLD COLD. The first night was freezing, because my roommate and I could…
read more »It is Thursday night, and my Teach for America journey starts in only 5 short days. Getting through the pre-institute work has been pretty painless, mostly because it was useful and I felt like it was all for good reason. The thing that is most daunting for me is the packing process. How exactly do…
read more »Well gang, I have been granted a Fulbright and a TFA one-year deferral! I will be going to Macedonia for a year to study gender and politics! I am the first person from my school to receive this honor. The way the one-year deferrals work at TFA is that I will be put back in…
read more »Ok- so I just started with pre-institute work. I know it is supposed to helpful and inspiring, but I’m terrified now! lol, haven’t even finished with teh first exercise and I have no clue how I will be able to Teach as Leadership and set big goals. But I have no clue how to teach,…
read more »I just got off the phone with IDEA Donna and they are offering me a 9th grade world geography position!!! I still have to talk with the Human Resources people for actual final information and stuff. But I can start looking for apparments (or houses) and roommates! So excited!
read more »I had my second interview with IDEA Donna, where I did the 5 minute teaching lesson with a evaluation on the end. I taught the beginings of the EU then quizzed them over the lesson. However, unlike TFA they were “bad” students- they were not paying attention to be able to answer my questions. It…
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