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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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