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Teachable Moment #4
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. This moment really should have been #3, or really, 3.14 because it’s all about pie. I worked at the same school for 19 years. I’ve… →
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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… →
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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… →
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Working From Home or Home From Working?
How do you balance work and home life? My post yesterday about sacrifices talked a lot about my work and home life balance. To summarize, when I was a teacher, there was no balance. Now that I’m not, there is. I don’t do any work at home. This made me think of a time during… →
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Sacrificial Time
What sacrifices have you made in life? When I first saw this question, I immediately thought that I haven’t really made any sacrifices. Then I thought, what does the word “sacrifice” even mean? The almighty Google said that a sacrifice is “an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded… →
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Work for Free or Volunteer?
What job would you do for free? My first year as a teacher, I was enjoying it so much that I sometimes thought, and commented to people, that I’m actually getting paid to do this?! This is great! I briefly thought that I would even do it for free. 20 years later and I honestly… →
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An Apple for the Teacher
When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up? When I was a teacher, I felt proud to say that I have always wanted to be a teacher. It’s true. I always wanted to be a teacher. I also wanted to be a writer, maybe not when I was five,… →
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Jobs and the Technology That Makes Them Easier
How has technology changed your job? When my job was teaching, I saw a huge change in what I did as a teacher because of technology. My first classroom had two desktop computers with internet cables plugged into the wall. There was also an overhead projector for, well, projecting things on a screen. After Covid… →
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Hurry Up and Wait!
Share one of the best gifts you’ve ever received. My husband will vehemently disagree with me but I think one of the best gifts I’ve received is patience. He will argue that I am the most impatient person. Well, yeah, when we’re at the grocery store and I’m ready to be done and go home… →