I’ll be the first to say that lately, I’ve been down in the dumps. I don’t know why but I hit a jut. It’s effected my teaching. I vow to fix my problem and increase the “joy factor” in my room – aka make myself happy with myself and my life. I think I re-found…
read more »It seems as though I probably should have written sooner, but I haven’t. Forgive me. Since the semester started, things have been a little crazy. I have decided to fully commit myself to the TPRS teaching method which means that at least 50% and pushing upwards of more is in the foreign language. It takes…
read more »So it was an interesting week in my school, as my previous two posts may have indicated. I’ve hit some lows this week — in motivation especially. Since starting this job I have been tired, and frustrated with my kids and myself and my life and my abilities. I’ve been frustrated with my school. This…
read more »While I feel like I have neglected this blog, this entire month has seemed like a blur. The past 4 weeks have gone by so quickly, and second semester has been such a breath of fresh air! The same challenges are also around, as in I have to change my daily schedule many times a…
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read more »So I’ve decided to try and commit to a weekly reflection, posted here, about the week/my job in general/education in general/TFA haps in my region. The wandering of a slightly crazed elementary school Spanish teacher This week was our first week back at the job (we had two weeks off instead of the usual one).…
read more »I think my resolution this year is to live intentionally. I want to erase those moments of cool irony from my life–I think it takes a lot of courage to announce your passion for the world, to embrace it and its wonder. It is easier and safer to be cynical and jaded. But if more…
read more »It is New Years Day and the end of break is very near. Tomorrow I will return to being Mi’ Ball, even though our students do not come back until Wednesday (not complaining, I could use 2 days of waking up early again before they come back). This is also the 1/4 of the way…
read more »December 31, 2011 On the last day of the year, as I soak up my last bit of home before heading back to Arkansas tomorrow and back to my kiddos and Aula 6A on Monday, I realize that I have so much to be thankful for and that I have learned so very much in…
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