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sad face
Picked this sad face up last weekend. This pouch turns frowns upside down, as does one of my top five favorite bands of all time. If you haven’t yet, and you were/are a fan of Jawbreaker, check out...
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Personal
One thing I’ve learned in the past 4 years of teaching (which is not very long) is that you can’t take much personally. It was a hard lesson to learn in my first year (when one of my students stole my...
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the Nerd Prom
There’s no great way to start writing this post without giving a huge shout out and thank you to my bro-in-law for being my friend in a high place. Thanks, Dave (with my sister, below) for bringing me...
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Hi Kids, it’s me
Today marks the day my online teacher life has crashed into my real teacher life That’s right, I’ve gone public. My students have been all over this blog today, looking at photos and probably not...
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Teens These Days
This week, my friend Genny and I started a blogging intensive. It started out a bit rough, with heaps of bitching and moaning reluctant energy such as “I wanted the camping intensive” and “this is...
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the Little Things
Describe a little thing — one of the things you love that defines your world but is often overlooked. I’ve assigned this Daily Prompt to my blogging students today, so obvi, I needed to write it...
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Peas and Hearts
Intensive week ended, and it’s bittersweet. Of the all the kids we taught to blog, two have been keeping up with it into the next week post-intensive. Yay Celeste and Cathy! The school year is...
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Women
This skirt makes me feel womanly – like I’m finally dressing for my age, which thankfully has not started with a 1 or a 2 for a little while. It feels good to be mature sometimes and out of colored...
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Ghosting out
The school is starting to thin out. Last day of proper instruction is in 2 weeks, all major projects are in and and the year is seriously winding down. So students have been ghosting in and out of...
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Sum sum summer break
I’ve lost my zeal for blogging. I’ll be back eventually, I think. In the mean time, happy summer!
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The first half of summer…the best bits
I woke up this morning (as in… noon. It’s SUMMER and I can sleep in like a sloth if I want) to a string of notifications from WordPress about new followers – 5 new readers! It’s summer (as if we all...
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Link Love: An Open Letter to New Teachers
I wish someone had sent me this letter my first year of teaching, it would have saved me from a number of freak out moments. My first year started out with a bang – With in the month, I had been sworn...
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Pura Vida – A bit more from our trip
It’s been weeks since we got back, but I’m just now getting through the photos from B’s camera. So a few more bits: 1) Vulcan Arenal — We took the usual touristy “Lava Flow Hike” through the...
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Code Academy, a newbie’s perspective
This summer and its idleness has been turning my unused brain into mush. With a good amount of prodding from B, I’ve decided to revisit my olden days of “coding” by learning some front end...
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The last hurrah, part 1: Savannah
Summer here in Brooklyn is on its way out. Relatively cooler temps have taken over and I report back to school tomorrow for a planning week, then the first day of students is on September 9th. It’s...
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Acceptable in the 80′s
I’ve got hugz for you if you were born in the 80′s, the 80′s. Yeah. I’m back! Or rather, my classroom’s back! Today was the first day of planning week at my school. The big guns start coming in on...
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The last hurrah Part 2: the road trip
On the way down and back from Savannah, Grace and I took our time on the ole I-95 and… 1) ate at Cracker Barrel 3 times. That place is so yummy and cheap — we gorged on mac n’ cheese and their...
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Joyful Learning
Some sociology PhD candidate should do a study on working in education and the use of buzz words. I swear there must be a correlation between the use (or over use) of buzz words and the administration...
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end of summer
I’ve finally gotten to the point where I can say that I am ready for school to start — at least my classroom is. All my learning targets are up, my lessons planned for monday, my planning documents...
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First Day
This is my 5th first day of school, and by far the best. The lesson went smoothly, the kids were all engaged and I didn’t loose my mind. A success!! This morning, I got on the subway and counted 5...
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