• A Message from the Universe

    Screenshot Saturday I shared this screenshot back in February. When I originally posted this, I reflected on how as a teacher, I tried to do everything. Because I said yes to everything. But now I don’t because I know that what really matters is at home. It has nothing to do with my job. I…

  • A Teaching Reminder

    Flashback Friday I wasn’t sure exactly what I was going to reflect on for today. It has been another busy day. I went into our new building today to help set up for an event that’s going on tomorrow. While I was there, another employee that works where I now work came in. We were…

  • Crushing It

    Screenshot Saturday Saturdays are now for sharing screenshots I have taken and saved for a variety of reasons. Today it is not of a motivational quote, but it was inspirational in its own way. This is a comment someone made in reply to a post I made in my yarn swap group on Ravelry. This…

  • “Something Good” Sunday—It’s My Life Now

    I go back to work tomorrow. After a solid two weeks off. I think this is the case for many people. And, like many people, I don’t want to go to work tomorrow. I’m going to have to start hard-core planning the summer program I supervise. Another one of the programs I supervise is going…

  • Thanks, It’s the Experience

    This is the 1-year anniversary of this prompt, and I know that because I went back and found where I answered this the last time it came up. It is once again perfect timing for a question like this. Today is exactly one year since the last day of my contract at the school where…

  • The Finale

    So here’s the thing…exactly one year ago I wore this shirt on my last day of work at my old job. My official last day was June 30th, the end of my contract, but the 27th was a Thursday and the last scheduled day according to our summer office hours schedule. I wore this shirt…

  • Teachable Moment #9

    I’m counting down the most memorable moments from my teaching career leading up to the one year anniversary of the day I moved on from my life as an educator. Remember the boy I told you about who kept bringing me baby turtles from the pond on the farm land where his family lived? I…

  • Teachable Moment #7

    I’m counting down the most memorable moments from my teaching career leading up to the one year anniversary of the day I moved on from my life as an educator. Let me tell you about the paper cranes… I don’t remember what year it was that it started. I remember the class that started it.…

  • Teachable Moment #3

    I’m counting down the most memorable moments from my teaching career leading up to the one year anniversary of the day I moved on from my life as an educator. Number 3 is all about Annie. No quotation marks this time. Annie really was her name. Though to be honest, Annie was a turtle. And…

  • Teachable Moment #2

    I’m counting down the most memorable moments from my teaching career leading up to the one year anniversary of the day I moved on from my life as an educator. Number 2 on my list is “Teddy” (again, not his real name). Teddy joined my 8th grade English class not long after the start of…