Pretty much everybody agrees that standardized testing is an ineffective measure of what a student has really learned at best and a manipulative, soul-crushing tool at worst, but just in case anyone was wondering, I got my students’ preliminary end-of-level test scores back today. A little background info: *most schools consider you a good teacher …
Tuesday Tell-All, A Day Late
*On Monday, I told my sixth hour class that the next day was my anniversary AND Teacher Appreciation Day, so I was expecting them to bring in Diet Dr. Pepper and chocolate and shower me with love and appreciation. I also may or may not have told them that if they did, I would let …
Two-Year Anniversary
(our wedding day, 1st year anniversary, and 2nd anniversary (this year!)) Sometimes it’s hard to believe that we’ve already been married two years, but I can still remember it all as if it were yesterday: the giddy excitement as we met at the temple, the overwhelming peace as I said that I would take …
The Time I Discovered that I’m Still Bad at Bowling
Sometimes in my secret life (the one that goes on in my head when I need an escape from reality), I pretend that I’m really good at bowling. Usually this fantasy only crops up when I actually AM bowling, and if I was to use all of my psychology knowledge on myself, I would say …
50 Weeks to Organized: Week 18
If you are a teacher of any kind at all, you will have a hefty paperload: assignments/tests to grade, articles to read, curriculum outlines, lesson plans, literature printouts, etc. But if you are a Language Arts or English teacher (like I am), you can bet that your paper load will be about triple or quadruple of …
April Reading
Even though April might have not been the best reading month as far as quantity goes, it definitely was an awesome month when it came to quality. The two books I read this month were both life-changing in their own ways. (But I’ll be honest—I’m still counting down the days until summer, when I’ll have …
Goal Checkpoint #1
If you’ve been a reader of this blog for awhile, you’ll know that I’m always in the middle of working on some goal or other. The particular goals that I’m currently in the middle of happen to be the same ones that I made at the beginning of the new year (what can I …
Tuesday Tell-All
*Well, we’re about a month or two later than everyone else, but spring has finally come to Logan, Utah! Luckily for me, my allergies this season haven’t been too horrendous (although I’ve had a wicked sore throat all week—can allergies cause that?) *Matt and I took these pictures in front of the Logan Temple on …