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I've Moved!
It's been interesting reading the last few random entries on here.
The burn out that I saw coming over a year ago definitely happened. Teaching became too much for me and it was apparent that I needed a break. So I'm taking a hiatus from teaching and jumping into the world of singing and acting. I'm getting the hell out of St. Thomas and going ( Read more... ) -
Too Long
I'm feeling horrible tonight so I decided it was time to start blogging again. But I had honestly thought that it had been a couple of years since my last post. Surprising to me, it's only been just over a year ( Read more... ) -
I Wish HoJo Rented Rooms by the Hour
It's 4:30am. I'm at the Tampa airport waiting for my 6am flight to DFW then to my final destination of Shreveport, Louisiana ( Read more... ) -
Been Busy
So my internet has been out for a while now. I don't know what the problem is and I don't feel like fixing it. I've been too busy to even worry about it. I don't have any crazy international trip planned this summer. Just random stuff ( Read more... ) -
"Calculate That!"
This year I allowed them to have an index card and they were allowed to write as much as they wanted to on it. In my philosophy of teaching math, I don't emphasize memorizing every single formula (some... yes). I'm more worried about whether or not they can apply the formula to solve real-world problems. So some of the students took advantage of ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Places to Lay Your Head
I can't categorize any of these as least or most favorite.
Minden, LA - houses
Columbia, SC - apartment
Minden, LA - house
Shreveport, LA - dorm, apartment, townhouse
DFW, TX - apartments
Amsterdam, The Netherlands - attic
Minden, LA (yet again) - house
Shreveport, LA - fourplex (half as small as a duplex)
DFW, TX (see a pattern) - houses
St. Thomas, VI ( Read more... ) -
Chorus of Cherabim
This year I've had the pleasure of teaching choir to some of the students at my school ( Read more... ) -
Holy Shark!
For the past month, our students have been working on their end-of-the-year science presentations. They had to pick from various topics ranging from stingrays to cholesterol to tree frogs. They had to pose a hypothesis about their topic, do research and present their conclusion with visual aids ( Read more... ) -
Why Won't They Let Me Sleep?
I was awoke by tons of loud sirens and flashing lights. I thought I was being sent back to the mainland. But they drove pasted my place and up to the mountain top. The power was out. I stumbled out to the balcony to see more sets of blue-and-red flashing lights making their way up towards me. Looking to the top of the mountain, I saw tons of ( Read more... ) -
NCTM Embarrassment
I'm in Washington, DC at an NCTM math teacher conference. This is the fourth one that I've been to and every time I have to reminisce about my first conference and the embarrassment I felt there ( Read more... )