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My 17th year as a teacher
This 2022 - 2023 school year is the 17th year in my teaching career. I read once on a blog that your first five years of teaching, you're just struggling to survive and learn to swim. And then 5 - 10 years in, you grow into who you are as a teacher. And then eventually when you reach your 11th year, you start to flourish.
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Dreamwidth
I'm moving over to Dreamwidth. I hope the transfer goes smoothly.
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Update on Amelia
Amelia is now five years old. We have been working on addition and subtraction with her. Her father asked her how many fingers she has ( Read more... ) -
Erika 7 year old check-up
Erika's 7-year old well visit check-up was a "little bit late". She turned 7 in April. We went for her check-up on October 2, 2017 ( Read more... ) -
2016 In Review
[Edit note: This post is actually done extremely late in July. But I'm post-dating it so I can find it in the future.]
Work:
Brian obtained his New York license to practice architecture, and began his own architecture firm as well as an integrated construction company with his firm partner, Kristen. He hired Karissa as project manager/personal ( Read more... ) -
A month since my last update
Honestly, I've been a mix of a depressed funk over the national elections; not so much because of who is our president-elect, but by the sheer number of assholes that are now proud of their behavior and glad to rub it in our faces ( Read more... ) -
President Pussygrabber
Originally posted by grrm at President Pussygrabber
There are really no words for how I feel this morning ( Read more... ) -
Erika: her school life in first grade
Erika is two months into first grade. We have stopped asking: "What did you learn in school today?" because she ends up shrugging and saying "nothing". So now we ask: "What did your teacher go over in class today?" and she'll recite a list of activities she engaged in. In first grade math, they are working on addition and subtraction. In first ( Read more... ) -
A teacher and her graduates
I've been teaching for 11 years now, and having taught approximately 60 - 80 students every year, I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 700 graduates who have taken my class. My school is unique in that we are not a local high school but one that receives students from all across the district (and actually, all across the state of New Jersey, ( Read more... )
