The best thing about a sick day is the not going to work part.

I adopted a dog! She is so cute! I left my camera at school so I can't post pictures today.

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Today I made two girls cry, caught three girls writing in the bathroom stalls and sent one boy to the office. A normal day. Oh yeah, lesson plans to finish and TAKS to cram down the students thoughts ( Read more... )

I don't want to teach school tomorrow ( Read more... )

I have made it through the first grading period. And, let me say that teaching is an experience. There are so many little administrative tasks. I can hardly keep up with all of them, plus preforming six shows a day! I think half the time I spend at work is wasted on little BS admin tasks. Which means less time on teaching. So how are these kids ( Read more... )

Well let's think really hard for a second. Let us assume that teaching is ones passion in life. Then, let us also assume that one becomes completely obsessed with this passion. I see these people all around me, but I really don' think I am one of them ( Read more... )

Things are going so well in Lorenzo! I am so happy! At first I was worried that this was a really big mistake. But now I think I have figured out what it is to actually teach.

I play this game. When I was a sub, I would try to find the kid that would have been me in high school. In Lorenzo, I have found parts of what I was like, in many of my ( Read more... )

Today I cried all the way home. Sobbed, tears clouded my vision and ran down my cheeks like a heavy Texas rainstorm.

The beginning of the week was exciting. I had a lot of work to do. I completly rearrange, cleaned and organized a disaster area. I t took forever because I found things tucked away in the strangest places. I had a mountain of books ( Read more... )

I graduated yesterday.

Attention Texas Secondary English Teachers!
Something a little strange happened to me today. A district that I interviewed for called me to say that the teacher they hired has accepted a job in another town! So now they want me to take the job. Well, I have one and I don't want to leave the school district that hired me, I'm ready to go to work in ( Read more... )