[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOMUIhQCm10] Since the hideous display of Miley Cyrus a couple weeks back, it seems that the focus has been–more than ever–on the degradation of values in the American media. Not only has blog after blog done posts on the spectacle and what we should do about it (several of them very well done), but my …
The 11 Most Common Types of Students
Photo via Every year, you can expect them—certain student personality types that seem to resurrect themselves over and over again, somehow managing to pop their way into every single one of your classes and into those nightmarish teaching dreams. Although stereotyping is generally discouraged, it’s hard not to sometimes when all of these types seem …
5 Adult Things I Stink At
Here I am, just three and a half weeks shy of turning 27, and there are still tons of “adult” things I totally stink at. When marks the true transition to true “adult” status? (I’ll tell you one thing–it’s definitely not turning 18, in my book). Perhaps some of these things I’ll never really be a natural at, …
Tuesday Tell-All
*Oh man–are we really only one week into school? That seems utterly and absolutely impossible, considering that I’ve already not-slept enough in the past week to make me tired for a month. *Here’s the good news, though: after last week’s first-day debacle, I purposely tried to scare the pants off of each and every student …
On Milestones & Getting Older
This last weekend, Matt and I packed up our car and headed down to our hometown to watch our niece, Lily, get baptized. (For those unfamiliar with the LDS church’s customs, children who grow up in the church are typically baptized at the age of 8). My sister had asked me a few weeks …
Can You Ever Really Blog for Yourself?
Blogging’s a funny thing—on the one hand, you (my reader) know more about my day-to-day life than almost anybody else (with the exception of my husband), but on the other hand, there are some glaring holes that I purposely leave out of the blog. One of those “holes” has been about blogging itself—most blogs that …
Traveling & Inspiration
I was first bit by the travel bug when I was fifteen and on my way to Florida with two of my best friends. Aside from enjoying the splendor of the beaches and the lake in the backyard and the tropical climate, that trip opened my eyes to include more of the world than my …
Tuesday Tell-All, First Day of School Edition
*I’ve got three words to describe the first day of school today: Considering. Early. Retirement. Here I am, only starting my second year, and I think I’m about to be defeated and driven to insanity by a handful of particularly rogue and rambunctious 12-year-olds. *Now I’m kinda starting to get why people are always telling me …