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My adventures as a young urban teacher

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Everything is Bigger in TX, part 2

Thoughts about TX in general: Apparently, there is NO shortage of jobs within this state. I don’t understand how teaching jobs could be sooo plentiful in TX? Classroom sizes are pretty small and manageable which really helps with classroom management Read More...

Everything is bigger in TX

Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 This past week, I took a trip to Texas for Spring Break. I needed to see if it was the place for me. As I started to really think about “thangs,” I needed a chart to organize my thoughts about each place and make sure Read More...

Why do I want to leave?

I traveled all day and actually been traveling since Wednesday. I get in bed, sleep an hour and then I am wide awake. I tried doing some of the usual things: an episode of Alf, watching a Netflix, just laying here . . .counting sheep is pointless, so Read More...

My Most Memorable Teaching Moment

I’m still pretty young in my career, so when it was suggested I write a post about my most memorable teaching moment, I couldn’t think of anything at least nothing major. I have only been teaching 5 years. . . so I have a few small things that I’ll never Read More...

Those Crazy Kids. . . #2

In my classroom, students are working in learning centers. D comes up to me: Miss Teacha, my daddy was here at school, but I’m not in any trouble. Me: Oh, really. D: Yeah. Hey, can you tell me my grade so I can tell my daddy. Me: Sure, hold on a minute Read More...

These Crazy Kids . . .#1

My kids say some pretty funny things and I need to start recording it. . . they really really make me laugh . . . so I’ll begin a new series called, “These Crazy Kids. . .” Scene: My classroom, about 1 minute before the bell rings. Students are helping Read More...

Dear District WalkThrough Folks

Dear District WalkThrough Personnel: I realize that it has been several years since you have been in a classroom. And, I also realize that you want somethings to be VERY clear when you walkthrough our building. And I know my thoughts mean very little Read More...

OH-EM-GEE

My student’s have been walking around saying Oh-Em-Gee! I’ve taken up notes with it spelled both ways OMG and O-Em-Gee! Oh,my goodness, gee-willikers, golly-gosh . . . . aw, ***! I just checked my district email. I don’t know why. I just felt an urge. Read More...

Confession

Last week was a really really hard week. We had a bit of school violence. . . fighting among girls has gotten out of hand. I had made the decision to leave. It was final. This would be my last year in My District. But I keep thinking, is it the wrong Read More...

Graduate School Money

Is there money available for graduate school in education? I don’t want to take anymore student loans. I don’t want to quit my job to complete the degree. However, the only thing that I have run into are loans and fellowships. The fellowships want someone Read More...

A compliment of sorts

I was out of school on Thursday of last week for Professional Development. I decided to make it into a long weekend and made an appointment with a specialist/surgeon on Friday. I returned to school with a note from the sub saying that my students were Read More...

WillyNilly MakeUp Work

In a previous blog post , I went off on a tangent about the makeup work policy. To further understand it, I created a commentary on my districts Make Up Work policy. The podcast went a little longer than I had planned (6 minutes), so here I basic outline Read More...

The Willy Nilly Make Up Policy

Podcast #4 In a previous blog post , I went off on a tangent about the makeup work policy. To further understand it, I created a commentary on my districts Make Up Work policy. The podcast went a little longer than I had planned (6 minutes), so here I Read More...

Going After It

A few weeks ago, I had a long conversation with my mother . . .she has notice somethings (mood, behaviors) and they were causing her to worry. During this conversation, she told me that she had always admired me. “What?” I responded. “I’ve always admired Read More...

Dating Game Over

Well, I’ve moved on from dating. Nothing came of that experience. It was just something to entertain myself for a bit. But now, I have to get back to serious things . . .taking control and steering things in the right direction. It was nice to be distracted Read More...
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