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I had 10 students come to get extra help with A.P. Biology during lunch today.
Another teacher sent over 10 ginormous hot plates and some test tubes to me from her classroom.
The Chair of my department brought us donuts and coffee during our professional learning community time.Read More »All is Well
I’ve worked as a high school teacher for about 6 full months now. It’s official: I have my first teacher cold.
But don’t worry. I’ve developed a time honored cold remedy that’s sure to knock it out quickly! Cider (or beer)*, ice cream, NyQuil (or generic alternatives), and cough drops.Read More »Balanced in Chaos
The first two weeks of school are over. At them end of them I’m feeling a lot of things: honored, grateful, excited, hopeful, exhausted, overwhelmed, frustrated.Read More »Honored and Grateful
Happy back-to-school!
I’m excited that I’ve officially got my first first day under my belt as a new teacher. Huzzah!
I’m getting my Ph.D. I’ll graduate in December. I was lucky and was offered a job in my career of choice this past January, even… Read More »Not About the Money
It’s been a busy week. School ended on June 5, and grades were due on June 8. I had training toward my teacher certification all last… Read More »Stopping to Breathe
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! My school has been showing its appreciation for our hard work in a variety of ways. They’ve given us little snack… Read More »Appreciated
Not the title you were expecting from this blog, was it? But it’s not quite what you think… While my students were working on an… Read More »We’re All Stupid & Ugly
It’s been one of those days… I received a really nice compliment about how well I’m doing in my new teaching job from one of… Read More »One of Those Days