I have been teaching in Southwest Memphis for 65 days. 65 days or 16 weeks or 2 grading periods or 3 TAL Saturdays. The UGA football season is almost over, October has come and gone, Thanksgiving is around the corner. Time has passed. This past week as I graded my Biology classes’ Unit Tests I…
read more »This year, I’m teaching 1st grade at a charter school that has taken over PreK – 3rd grade at the lowest performing elementary school in Tennessee.
read more »1. The power went out right after breakfast, and naturally everyone had an “emergency”, so my co-teacher took students to the bathroom with a flashlight while I taught.
read more »This is a very long shot, but I’m looking for a spoken word video about teaching by a Delta corps member. I think he was an English teacher. I saw it on facebook and loved it, and I may have even linked to it or “liked” it, but I can’t find it anymore. I want…
read more »I’m a theater nerd–no shame here. I find comfort in creating analogies between theater things and other things. So, here goes. Tomorrow is just like opening night, really. Only, it’s opening night of a one-man improv show that’s 7 hours in length (with one 25 minute intermission), that will run for 180 performances before taking…
read more »My brother’s been going to an art class for the past couple of days, and he came home today eager to quiz me on famous artists. It made me think back to the second-grade gifted teacher I had who first opened my eyes to the beauty of the art world. I am by no means…
read more »6/22 “No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding.” -Thich Nhat Hanh Le sighhhhh. So much easier said then done. Institute is challenging in such different ways than what I expected. I knew it would be tough, and I knew it would be overwhelming. I expected long nights of no sleep and overcrowded, rowdy classes.…
read more »At last update, summer school hadn’t started yet. Today was day 9 of summer school. Let me tell you, a lot can happen in 9 days plus a weekend. How much, you ask? I am a math teacher, after all. I’d be remiss if I didn’t put it into numbers. 7 students in my Algebra I…
read more »“Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.” -Dalai Lama I took a break from writing my mini lesson plans to look at Amy Z.’s blog–one of my favorites! She did not disappoint, as this quote at the top of the page…
read more »Week one of Institute is done! It feels like years ago that I drove away from comfortable Minnesota, but it was in fact just shy of two weeks ago. Crazy. Institute is one of those things that’s built up SO MUCH by so many different people with so many different attitudes that you reach a…
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