For some reason, the 10th anniversary of September 11th has really affected me. I guess it’s because I’ve been repressing, to some degree, the actual event for the past ten years. It’s never been truly comprehensible, and I do agree that we as Americans have to move on and live our lives–not doing so would…
read more »Hello everyone! (Or one person…or no one…) I’m about to finish my 4th week teaching 5th grade in Atlanta, and I must say I’m pretty happy on the whole with things. Have they been stressful? Of course. Has classroom management been perfect? Definitely not. But overall I feel really good about it. However, this is…
read more »Teaching transcends the here and now–the present state of one’s circumstances, whether bountiful or sorely lacking–and forces us to focus on intangible possibility. A child may only see herself as she is, wearing clothes she is ashamed of to school and looking away with embarrassment because she cannot read on-level. But teaching pushes her along…
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