I played sardines* in the rain forest with my class today. It was amazing. Sometimes living out in the pacific ocean and working all the time is worth it.

* sardines is like hide and go seek, but not quite.

The arctic circle

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I. have. so. much. to. do.

Teaching is somewhat rewarding but holy shit can an intellectually diverse class drain you away. I am technically a two grade split, but I have two readers under grade 2 and four over grade 8. My group is doing 4 different grades of math.

Miss you all back there in the cities.

After much debate as the whether he should even try, Stephen won the school milk run and broke a twenty-four year staff & student record. Without training. He decided to try both in order to motivate the stronger students to race hard and to instill confidence in the athletes he is coaching right now. It was kind of awesome. Most staff were totally ( Read more... )

Grade nine and ten are such brutal life stages. Did anyone out there have a really good time then? Grade seven was is fun, grade eight seems kind of not so bad-- and then wham-- grade nine. Grade ten seems like the cool kids are kind of crawling out of the dark, but the rest of the kids are enduring pure hell. Grade eleven is the dawn of hope ( Read more... )

What do you do to the sixteen year old who elaborately and at great length mocks the severely depressed and potentially learning disabled student? I am so deeply annoyed, but am afraid that if I call attention to the mocking it will swell, or at very least embarrass the victim. All I can do is cut him off once I realize where he is going with ( Read more... )

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Vancouver march 15-21. Love you all. Can't wait. I miss awesome friends, big buildings, pollution and surly city strangers. Noooo one is a stranger here. And I'm a sub.

I'm done elementary for now. Another teacher was really upset and wanted the job- so I gave it. I hope she is good. It's different with little kids. I find myself truly worried about all of them, even the ones who cause me much grief ( Read more... )

Our foster cat Nellie and her Elephant Elly

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