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In my first year of teaching, I’ve received a wealth of information on teaching reading, and a decent amount about teaching math, and next to nothing about teaching science. I’m not complaining! I understand why – so much of elementary school (especially lower elementary) is about building a foundation so that students can learn later …
I read this book because I heard someone recommend it, then I found out that it was set in Mississippi. One-click checkout, it arrived a few days later. This is the first novel I’ve read in a while, and the first young adult novel I’ve read in a longer while. Most of the reading I’ve …
At the end of 2016/the dawn of 2017, I spent a few days in New Orleans with my family. It was wonderful to spend some time with my family and explore a new city! I went to the NOMA, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and saw this piece of amazingness. Ya’ll. I was so deeply …
While I was waiting for my flight from Detroit to New Orleans, they announced that they were looking for other volunteers to take a later flight to New Orleans, since our flight was overbooked. My family volunteered, and three of us waited for a different flight, with Delta. Spirit gave me two vouchers for free …
While on a family trip, parents Robert and Jennie Macy took it upon themselves to investigate the condition of their oldest child’s vehicle. “I found a Skittle on the floor of your car, do you want it? It might be a peanut M&M, actually.” Jennie Macy said, while sitting in the backseat of her daughter’s …
I want to be a writer. That’s the thing I’ve been working on for years, in one way or another. Writers write. Since I’ve been teaching, I’ve had a hard time with that part of it. I still want to be a writer, but almost everything I’ve been writing lately is for school. Writing lesson …
I made it to Christmas! As of Thursday at noon, I finished my first semester of teaching. I’m halfway through my first year, and a quarter of the way through my corps commitment. It’s weird, knowing that the hardest season of teaching is over. My last week of teaching this term was less stressful than …
The drive from Mississippi to Michigan was grueling. It was dark before we reached Cincinnati, and we didn’t get to my hometown until 10:30. $22.25 – Gas in Belzoni, MS, the Catfish Capital of the World $15.oo – Gas, somewhere between Memphis and Nashville $5.90 – Taco Bell, somewhere just north of Nashville $22.97 – Gas …
I made it to Thanksgiving, which felt like it took so long to arrive. I guess that’s some sort of achievement. I’m 39% of the way through the school year, nearly 20% of the way through my whole commitment. That’s such a strange feeling, that I’ve made it through a significant portion of TFA. I’m …