5770 By the Month

[nancyshane]

September:  First month of student teaching at Newton North High School (NNHS).  Teaching real teenagers real literature, including Raymond Carver, who is now one of my favorite depressing authors.  It was awesome.  I kind of got thrown in there, and I really had to learn fast.  But I think I did.

October:  One day in the computer lab, I found

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[quirkybird]

Happy new year, lady! Man, that is a HELL OF A LOT OF TEACHING. Hopefully you won't always have such a big load - but all the teachers I know either started out scrambling for even quarter-time work, or working the equivalent of 80 hours a week. It seems like you only get close to a humane working schedule after a lot of moving around, climbing up the seniority ladder, and figuring out what actually works for you.

I know a bunch of kiddos all heading to kindergarten for the first time this year. I hope they end up having at least one teacher as kickass as Nancy Freakin' Wassner.

[okclapyourhands]

Hi Nancy it's Pam. Just saying hi :) and lettin you know that I'm lurkin

[okclapyourhands]

p.s Happy New Year :) <3