Today I asked my students to write me a haiku for their warm up about their goal as they are working towards 80% or higher on their final exams. Below are the ones that worked (or almost got the syllables right). To give some context: Any student that achieves the big goal will be invited…
read more »Sometimes I find myself drawn to the homicide reports in the LAtimes. I zoom in on the area where my school is located. It has the largest red circle of the LA metropolitan area (denoting the most homicides this year). I search the list for names I know, or deaths that are between 12 and…
read more »It has been over 6 months since I last posted, and in those 6 months, my entire life has changed. First, I was laid off 2 days after Christmas due to budget cuts. I spent 4 weeks on unemployment feeling like I had hit rock bottom. How was it that I left a well paying…
read more »One morning of my first year teaching I walked into my classroom and my heart froze. All I could think was some one had done this out of spite. My desks and chairs were strewn everywhere, files and papers that were (somewhat) organized for grading or lessons were in heaps thrown everywhere. And what truly…
read more »I’ve accepted an offer with Teach For America. Thus begins this blog.
read more »In 3 more weeks (or maybe 2) school will start again and I will begin the new year as a slightly more seasoned teacher. While the 1st year went by relatively smoothly, it was a great experience and now I have a lot of new techniques and strategies under my belt. I just returned from…
read more »I’ve been seriously lagging it with this blog. I made a New Year’s resolution that I would try to document my (most possibly) last year teaching for TFA. After a year and 1/2, I’ve really contemplated on the possibilities for my future self. Med school now has become more serious, and I’m definitely leaning a…
read more »Seriously…why is first year the most difficult year in teaching? So much has happened since I began teaching my little monsters. First, my school cut EVERY teacher’s salary by making the school day 6 hours rather than 8. This takes my salary to below the poverty line. This also makes me food stamp and Section…
read more »To all the people who think that teaching ECE is easy, how would you respond when: 1. Your 4 year old students decide to start playing Liquor store in the house area 2. One student’s pretend wife yells as he “leaves for the liquor store” that he can’t buy alcohol they need pampers for the…
read more »2 weeks of summer school and 4 weeks of the regular school year down… How do I feel? Well that depends on what you mean… At school I feel great most of the time. Most of my lessons have ended with me feeling pretty successful and the kids keep me laughing a lot. The students…
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