• Small Goodnesses

    / January 25, 2017 / 9 Comments

    Last week, I was hurrying through my 6th period class, counting the minutes until the bell would ring after 7th period.  It had been a long day of teaching argumentative writing to 14…

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  • Surviving Survival Mode

    / September 2, 2013 / 12 Comments

    Oh, my. The last two weeks have kicked my booty, friends. We have been in survival mode around here lately, but I think we are finally coming out of it.  I can’t remember…

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  • Advice from a Teacher

    / October 9, 2012 / 7 Comments

    I get asked a lot of questions about my job. I teach 8th grade language arts, and I absolutely love it. Most of the questions I get are from parents of middle school…

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  • Teach On

    / February 22, 2011 / 20 Comments

    I’ve gotten several questions lately about my job teaching.  For those of you who don’t know, I used to work in university administration.  And before that I worked in the legal field.  And…

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  • Context

    / September 30, 2010 / 84 Comments

    First, let me apologize to you cyber friends of mine for my lack of blogging this week.  The reason for this is my aforementioned preference for YAKKING every half hour.  Makes blogging difficult. …

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  • School Days, School Days

    / August 28, 2008 / 2 Comments

    Today is the first day of school for my neighborhood elementary school.   As I drove to work this morning, I passed crowds of parents walking their kids to school.   In front…

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  • I am The Master

    / August 12, 2008 / 0 Comments

    As of 6:03 PM on Sunday night, I am officially finished with my thesis. I submitted my final presentation and paper, got a nice email back from my professor telling me I’ll get…

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