Category: Teaching

You know how all teachers make their first writing assignment something like, “My Summer Vacation”? I never thought too much of these assignments when I was younger and usually don’t like assigning it to my students now either. It’s just that I can’t remember a summer that I had...

A year ago my life was so different. It’s hard to imagine that I’m still living the same lifetime as I was back then. Tomorrow, school gets out. I am sad to see these students go. They are a great bunch. It figures that one of the best bunches...

There have been many things I have been unsure of in my life. Many. Rarely has anything ever been an easy decision. I like to drag things out, think them over, you know, generally annoy everyone around me for a while while I work things out. I remember the...

If you’re looking for my introduction, scroll down to the next post. I love it when we change the clocks forward an hour. The loss of one hour of sleep is so worth gaining an extra hour of light in the evening. It makes me feel like summer is...

To my regular readers (or reader as the case may be) I am using my webspace to Introduce myself to my classmates for my graduate class. Please see the slideshow I made of Andrew pictures below. To my EME5207 Classmates, I hope you enjoy the video and slideshow! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLNj9Qd3QTw&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1]...

It isn’t every day that getting through the day is an accomplishment but when you are suddenly a mom, a working mom and a single mom all at once you start to feel like superwoman as well. Yes A. is out of town and I went back to work...

It’s strange being at a place where you know you belong but not really “being” there. I know that doesn’t make any sense. I haven’t taught since the last day of the 07-08 school year so, last June. I’m going back in January. The last few weeks however, I’ve...

You’ve missed me? Aw how sweet. Through an unusual set of circumstances I have taken a leave of absence from the site. Actually the circumstances are not all that unusual, it’s mostly just the timing. Aside from becoming pregnant (not a surprise) and being exhausted beyond all measure, I...

In my first post of the new year, I thought I’d discuss an article I found today Teacher Burnout Blame The Parents This article will probably not come as any surprise to teachers but may come as a shock to some parents. It is unfortunate that the parents to...

I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted but… watch this. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ervaMPt4Ha0]...