Jobs and Careers
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Why We Cancelled Our Family Vacation
I’m supposed to be camping in the mountains right now. Did I tell you about that? Back in March, Chris and I decided that it would be super fun to take the family…
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Purging My Schedule
The other day at lunch, I ran up to the grocery store near my school to pick up a few things for an ice cream party I was throwing some of my students.…
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The Magic of Teaching
This past Friday was our school’s 8th grade Gradventure to Universal Studios. Did you have a class trip when you were in 8th grade? Yeah, I didn’t either. These kids don’t know how…
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Talking to Middle Schoolers
Here’s what I love about middle schoolers. They, like me, don’t like small talk. Not at all. So sometimes, when adults try to talk to them about school or sports or something generic,…
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My Blooming Husband
Last week, Chris was in tech rehearsals almost every night, which means he didn’t get home until about 11:00. And I was fighting a cold, so I was going to bed when the kids…
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Middle School Boys
I teach 8th grade. You need to know this before reading the rest of this story. Now that the scene is set, let’s enter my classroom. It’s 7th period and the bell has…
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The Voices Inside My Teacher Brain
Sometimes when I tell people that I am a middle school teacher, they give me these horrified looks and say something like, “Are you INSANE?” And I usually just laugh and say something like,…
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All Good Things Come to an End
Last week was my first week back at school. Boooooooo!!!!!! Hisssssssssss!!!!! Students don’t come back to school until August 18, but we had to go back early for a two week training and…
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If You Give a Teacher a Summer Vacation…
Last Friday, I had to go to the grocery store. Simple enough task, right? We had a ton of food leftover from the Fourth of July, and our family had been eating hot…
