I don’t think I’m alone in a feeling of anger and hopelessness and hellbent on kicking some ass. Women have suffered a little bit too much degradation in the past months. Mocked. Disbelieved. Discredited. Ignored. And the exciting one of being told that men are the victims in this story. My favorite. My “me too”…
I nearly cried at school today. I have a sweet class, but my main job with them is to help them get where they need to go. We change classes for writing. I have two of my homeroom in that class. I’m responsible for them learning to write, but I don’t get to instruct most…
Basically, I love my new job. I’ve got 18 first graders to wrangle. It’s chaos. I’m constantly catching up on something. Lots of new programs and ways of doing things. Assessments. I just spent an hour putting stars on student papers. We’re raising monarch caterpillars. Currently, 3 viable chrysalises and one not dead yet caterpillar.…
Funny how things change. A week and two days ago, I had essentially given up on my quest to get a “real job” this year. I gave it a good try. I applied to 4 different school districts, a private Christian school, and a Catholic high school (that last was ridiculous, but I was grateful…
I’m in a weird place. I just wrapped up three weeks of summer camp. I had a big church project that had to be set by the beginning of July and now takes little effort. The kids and I sang in church last week. I’ve put a lot of effort into applying for teaching jobs…
Teach for America (TFA) places teachers in high need schools in the poorest parts of the country. In areas like Lake Village, Arkansas, where I’ll be going, a high percentage of the students come from low-income families, and even with Title 1 benefits, the schools lack basic resources like textbooks, technology, and often, teachers. These…
So today’s argument stemmed from definition. Obviously, I’m not blameless in this argument. I could have been enjoyed Spawn’s excitement and enthusiasm when she showed me the book she ordered for LLO. I could have ignored that she said that LLO doesn’t like to read books on tape. I could have. But instead, I said,…
The kids asked me if I wanted to go out to dinner. I had to think about it some, because I’ve had a busy week. And I was tired. And I’d been thinking more about jammies than regular clothes. (I was wearing art camp duds.) I was also hungry, so I agreed enthusiastically to the…
https://murisopsis.wordpress.com/ nominated me for this pretty award. She tells great stories about her partying church and has just finished up a serial about Merit V. Bidwell that kept her readers enthralled for months. The rules are simple: 1. Acknowledge the blog that nominated you. 2. Answer the 11 questions your nominator asked. 3. Nominate 11…
The other day we had ourselves a little wildlife adventure. Our cat Princess knocked at the door, by which I mean scratched, to get in. I just opened it without paying much attention. I let a lot of cats in and out. Then I did a double take. Because it seemed like she had something…
Yikes. I’m constantly in trouble today. Kid number one was complaining the other day that kid number two’s crap was under her bed. So today I went into kid number one’s room to get kid number two’s crap. Then I went into kid number two’s room to get a laundry basket to put the crap…
Basically this is where it’s hanging: Passed the Praxis Math test that was going to make me somewhat qualified for the math job I interviewed for 3 weeks ago. (Woo hoo!) Found out at Sunday School today that somebody else got the job. (Why, yes, that is how I was notified.) One kid is in…
