A Teacher's First Year

... I have been at my new job nearly a month now, and I am infinitely happier here. However, I can't help but be a bit nostalgic and sl...

... My students have been gone for 45 minutes now, and I feel as if I've just gone through a break-up. I miss the good times horribly (...

So I've just uploaded a bunch of photos from the school year... Here are some highlights (assuming Blogger lets me post them all!!) : T...

... I'm a bit sad. Today was a pretty good day, all things considered. I actually *taught* for the first 2.5 hours of school today. W...

...Struck with a bout of pseduo-insomnia, I reflect upon what, exactly, teaching is to me. In college & grad school, we were constantly...

So today was my last Friday being a teacher (at least for the time being). SO weird!! We also had our last Monday this week; there's no...

So today was... ...a... ...GOOD day!!! Ahh!! I'll never understand this profession! :P The kids were interested in everything today! Th...

... So I got a text message on my phone at 6:43 this morning from another teacher. It read: "There is no school for kids today but tea...

... and it's not horrible! :) Right now, I have my last-ever 2-special day... :( Next week, I don't think we have specials at all,...

So we had our silent auction/raffle/bake sale thingee today. We raised over $2,000, but I feel like it could've been much more. People ...

... to the end of the year, that is!! :) Only 8 more days left, and the students' last day is an 11:30 dismissal!! :) Today was decent...