One day when my students thought it was time for me to be a preacher instead of a teacher, I went through a long spiel that centered around being well behaved vs. self-disciplined. The look in my students’ eyes when I explained it confirmed that they had no idea there was even a difference. Truthfully,…
read more »If I actually said everything I wanted to in this post, you and I would be spending our day at the computer. So for the sake of all of our sanity I’m going to keep this short as possible. Bear with me… On a side note of the rest of this post, you need to…
read more »The very first thing our principal had us do in our school Professional Development was write out our vision/mission a.k.a. “Philosophy of Education” as an urban educator. So here’s how I feel about that… I love writing. On some days, I’d maybe even go as far as saying I’m decent at it. But I reaaaally don’t…
read more »Tomorrow begins my second and final year of commitment for Teach For America. I remember hearing about how much more peaceful and prepared you feel going into your second year. I feel like I can respect that thought and there are for sure things I’m feeling confident about the fact that I’m familiar with what…
read more »Whoa! Hey, everyone. Sorry for not writing in nearly a month. This have been…well, things have been crazy. I know I must sound pretty sappy/crazy when I talk (er, write) about how I am nowhere near the same person I was when I left Scranton on June 2nd. Only a little over a month has…
read more »Hello, Everyone! Once again, I couldn’t wait to sit down and type out this post. Now I’ve totally forgotten everything that I wanted to say. Wah. I need to start taking better notes. Anyway, I’m in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Institute. It’s only been one full day of Institute, and I already understand what EVERYONE was…
read more »TFA is strategic. They let you fall in love with a place and then send you to hotter than heck institute. (I exaggerate a bit, but I really do miss KC very much.) Last week we had the opportunity to get to know Kansas City. And it was beautiful. The history of KC is…
read more »I’ve felt this intense desire to start this blog ALLLLLLL week long. Now I’ve finally created it and I feel like I have nothing to say. No, scratch that. I have TONS to say. But I’m not sure I’m capable of putting all of my thoughts and feelings into words right now. So bare with…
read more »And 8 hours later…I’m here in St. Louis. I’m probably still 4 hours away from KC (morning drive), but tomorrow I will have lunch with my fellow corps members, move into the Q Hotel in KC, and start this crazy journey. In November, this day seemed unthinkable. It was so distant and I’m still…
read more »Surprise! I’m still alive. I was renewed at my school and with great debate I decided I will finish a second year in the inner city of Kansas City. Some of my friends did not fare so well, but that is for another discussion. The end of the year was crazy with testing and testing…
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