Learn All the Things
Today a student ask, “How do you know all of this?” when I was helping out with a lesson. “Well, I had Chemistry 1 as… Read More »Learn All the Things
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Come Home to Myself
I was told at happy hour tonight that one of the reasons I was hired at my new job was because I was so open… Read More »Come Home to Myself
Letting the Cat Out of the Bag
I’ve had a secret, and today’s the day I can finally share it with the world. I’ve accepted a position at St. Petersburg High School… Read More »Letting the Cat Out of the Bag
Work in Progress
Two more days until back to school. I’m procrastinating so hard. So much for my word of the year: focus… Baby steps I guess. I’m… Read More »Work in Progress
Dualities
These two things are true:
- My mental and physical health is precious and deserves care.
- I can’t get everything done for teaching three different classes with a total of 125 students during my normal workday, so I have to put in extra hours after.
But how to balance both truths.Read More »Dualities
Mistakes and Accountability
Last Wednesday I messed up big with one of my classes.
It was getting close to time for the bell to ring. I checked the cabinet with the tablets and one was missing.
“Oh no. Not again.” Someone had truly taken one on Monday. I got it back, but I thought it was happening all over again.Read More »Mistakes and Accountability
Do or Do Not
“There is no try,” according to Master Yoda.
It happens. You get on a good streak for your healthy eating habits, exercise regime, doing your constructive hobbies. Maybe it’s weeks long. Maybe months. Maybe even years. You’re doing it!
And then something interrupts. A busy time. A sickness. A relationship with a new lover. The addition of a new family member. Then you stop taking care of yourself quite as well as you once did. You are no longer doing it. You certainly aren’t trying.
And you start to feel it.Read More »Do or Do Not
Take a Stand
Tonight I took a stand with hundreds of other teachers, students, and parents to support teachers’ pay and working conditions.Read More »Take a Stand
