“Ms. H., that test was easy.” Music to my ears, this was what several of my best students told after the state algebra 1 test yesterday. I hope that this confidence is not misplaced. Scores should be back to us in the next two weeks, and I am eager to see how my students performed. I’ve…
read more »One of my students from last year, B., came to visit a few weeks ago. B. was a beautiful girl, frequently smiling, and maybe this is one year’s detachment talking, but I don’t remember her giving me much trouble. She had also transferred in to my relatively calm algebra class late in the year, so…
read more »I have often thought that Teach For America should require a longer commitment. Would this result in fewer applications or higher attrition? Perhaps. Would this result in more effective teachers and leaders? Probably. Is this feasible at this point? I don’t think so – at least not nationwide. The idea of year 3 has been…
read more »7/8 of my teaching commitment is almost over. I knew the time would fly (it always does…), but it’s still hard to believe that it’s been two years since I came down to Memphis that first time with my family the winter after I got in to Teach For America. It will be very hard to leave…
read more »There’s really no reason for my silence over the past two months, except that I haven’t been proud of what has happened in my classroom since Christmas break.
read more »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…
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