If I could give one piece of advice to an incoming CM, I would say never believe what anyone says about which month is the worst or when things get better. You’ll hear things like “October is the worst month” and “Everything gets better after winter break.” Well I’m here to tell you that for…
read more »Yesterday, I was sitting in the bleachers at my team’s last regular swim meet when I overheard two teachers from another school talking about Teach For America. Ears perked, I listened to one criticize a corps member at her school and say that anyone could get good results as a teacher if he or she…
read more »After being sarcastically baited by blogger on this site and reading a post that (I believe) referenced a comment of mine, I’m feeling the need to defend myself. I’ve made, apparently, some controversial comments about Diane Ravitch and Twitter. My comments are as follows: “TMB’s tweets and post aside, I have yet to see DR offer…
read more »So, as promised in the last post, I wanted to explain a little about the title of my blog. It took me a while to choose one; there are so many creative titles on Teach for Us and I wanted one to sum up me and my reasons for doing this. Our mission at the…
read more »…except for this new TFA blogger. : ) Beginning a blog seems like an odd way to spend a Christmas Eve, especially for someone like me who has never even successfully kept a diary and breaks most technology by glancing at it. I’m here in a spare bedroom at my parents’ house, with everyone else already asleep…
read more »I think one of the hardest things about teaching is feeling like I am alone.
read more »I read somewhere that people who leave TFA quietly slink off into the darkness of the non-nonprofit world, so quitting stories are hard to find. Well, in an attempt to amend this unfortunate lack, here’s mine: It’s bittersweet. Bitter because I’m abandoning my students (there an ugly truth is on the table) and sweet because…
read more »Dear Adonis Thomas and Santa, Thank you.
read more »When we came back from Thanksgiving break this week, things at school seemed totally different. Managing my students has become a lot easier and I’m enjoying them more. I don’t really know what happened to change things, but I’ll take it! One of my classes has even earned the privilege of choosing their own seats!…
read more »We’re talking about weather in science. “Miss M, how come you can draw such good raindrops?” – DS “It’s cause she went to college!” – MC
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