Posted in First-Year, Growth, Teacher Perks on Oct 9th, 2008 1 Comment »
Mondays and Wednesdays are my lighter days of the week. After my hour long commute from Queens through Manhattan into the Bronx (that’s a total of 3 boroughs a day!) I arrive at my school to be greeted by my (mostly) wonderful students. And, instead of teaching, for the first 97 minute period of the [...]
Posted in Advice, First-Year, Lighthearted, Random Meanderings on Oct 4th, 2008 3 Comments »
They say that if you’re planning on making any dramatic changes to your physical appearance, you should probably do it before you meet your kids.
Unfortunately for me, I did not hear that piece of advice until AFTER I had my long, long hair chopped off this past week. I’ve never had my hair shorter than [...]
Posted in Growth, Reflections, Struggles, Summer on Oct 3rd, 2008 2 Comments »
One major gripe I have with teaching is that it simply takes over. Of course, this is also a good thing. Our work brings purpose far greater than anything we’ve seen, requiring that we extend ourselves to heights we once never conceived. But at this moment, I’m bitter. From Monday to Friday, I’m none other [...]
Posted in Struggles on Oct 2nd, 2008 1 Comment »
I’ve been at my placement for a little over a month now. Since then I’ve taught solo lessons and subbed several full days in the class, so I figured “This isn’t so bad. I’m starting to get the hang of this!” (It’s always thoughts like that or phrases like “Clear sailing all the way” when [...]
