For the very first time in my life since I was 15 1/2 years old, I have no job. Not that I haven't tried- I've honestly been searching for teaching positions, but in the middle of a hiring freeze state-wide, that doesn't work too well. I've decided that I'm going to take a year off of teaching, and work on getting my credential in check- finish all ( Read more... )

I can't believe I made it... my kids (well, most of them anyways) will be promoting to high school on Thursday. I've gone through SO much at Pinacate this year, and never thought I would make it through to the end in one piece! Still unsure as to where I'm teaching next year- Burbank Unified told me specifically that they wanted me at their high ( Read more... )

In the past week, the following have happened in my students' personal lives ( Read more... )

I hate "No Child Left Behind", and how they think they know it all. Yup, you have to take standardized test after standardized test, especially after PROVING that standardized tests show very little of what a person actually knows ( Read more... )

I know, I know- I promise I haven't seriously dropped off the face of the earth! Life has just been too insane! But I have some pictures!


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I'm taking the CSET (California Standardized Educators Test) for science on Saturday- my 4th attempt at taking it. The test is to prove I'm competnet to teach Jr. high and high school science. There are 3 parts to it- I passed part I already, but I have to take parts II and a concentration (I chose Biology, although I've also tried Chemistry) exam ( Read more... )

I'm heading back to Seattle in the morning- my first time in over a year. I'll be in Seattle from the 22nd to the 27th. My parents want to spend lots of time with me this trip (they think I've been treating them/the house like a hotel when I come to visit) so they're not allowing me to spend too much time with friends, but if you want to get ( Read more... )

This was supposed to be a pretty nice weekend. I had another one of my "new science teacher" trainings on Saturday, and then Chris would meet me at my apartment. We'd go out to dinner and hang out Saturday night. Sunday was our "Scrubs" day, and total hang-out. He would leave Sunday night to work on Monday. On Monday I would rest, get all my ( Read more... )

I've heard some people who aren't living down here next to San Diego saying that it's not really all that bad. Yeah, the people whose houses burned, but come on- it happens. Let me share with you some vignettes of life down here right now ( Read more... )

For the past 3 weeks or so, I've been feeling sick. It all started just after I started taking birth control pills (and no, it wasn't to prevent getting pregnant), so Ifigured my body just didn't like the pills. I switched meds, but that didn't help. I figured maybe I was eating too much, so I totally cut it down, but that didn't help. I was ( Read more... )