How’s it going? Long time no talk. Saying I have been busy is an understatement, but you know that’s the case for all the teachers on here and so I must admit that I don’t have any legitimate excuse. In the weeks since I have posted, I have gone through professional development and been at…
read more »…..Everything’s going my way. And “everything” obviously doesn’t include efficient class schedules/rosters, quality learning environments, or access to all the resources that I need. But besides that, I had a pretty good first week of school. Well, that could be a bit hyped up, but the good definitely outweighed the bad. “The 2nd year is…
read more »Well, the subject sums it up. I survived what I have been told is one of the harder experiences I will go through as part of TFA and what different people have labeled as “boot camp”, “hazing”, “prison”, and “not as bad as people make it seem.” My institute experience was a decent one. During…
read more »I’m sitting in Newark once again, an hour early for a brunch at what is touted to be an excellent Halal Soul Food place? Looking forward to some real food. I had a crazy and bizarre afternoon/night that (temporarily) wiped the memory of Institute from the surface of my brain, but it’s back. I thought…
read more »Oh hey, Teach For Us… Long time no see. I’m not going to write about weeks 2, 3, and 4. First thing I’m going to do is post a reflection I found on the computer from the first week of Institute. This is dated as July 1, 2011: I am currently sitting in a session…
read more »Well, it’s 6:30 on a Friday, and what else would I be doing but sitting in a Barnes and Noble and thinking about Teach For America? It has most assuredly been what I can only describe as a bizarre week. While (after reading other blogs) I can say it was not the most negative 2011…
read more »Welcome back to my wonderful world of procrastination! I’ll be your host this evening. Actually, while I am procrastinating, I really also want to legitimately write down some of what I’m feeling so that I remember in the months and the years to come. Which is not to say that you should get your hopes…
read more »So, all y’all have really clever post titles, blog titles, blurbs, basically (it seems) lives in general and I’m feeling a little less than capable compared to all of the brilliant folks here. So thanks for making me feel inadequate, beautiful TFU bloggers I figured I would update TFA hopefuls out there (and my family–…
read more »It is crazy to thing that it hasn’t even been five months since I first found out that I got into Teach For America and that I would be teaching high school math in Newark. Since then, it has been a crazy whirlwind of emotions as well as a hectic time with lots to do…
read more »Step One of coping: procrastination. Enter Teach For Us. Well, I figured that I haven’t been exactly flooding the interwebs with my talking and information-sharing, so it was only fair that I updated y’all on the situation. (Not The Situation–I’m in Jersey but I’m not that Jersey). Starting backward, tomorrow is the first big interview…
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