Part of my motive in blogging about financial matters is to get more people talking about money—it seems like money is usually the giant giraffe in the middle of the party that no one’s talking about. I’m sure most of us have heard at some point in our lives that it’s rude to bring up …
The Allure of Insecurity
I’ve been giving my students the Myers-Briggs personality test to kill some time during homeroom this week (where I have 8 minutes with those kids every day pretty much to do whatever the heck I want). They’ve been really eager to find out their personality type, and I was pretty curious myself to take the …
5 Things
1. All week this week, we Language Arts teachers have been administering the SAGE end-of-level writing test to our students. Standardized testing is the worst, and the most awful thing about the new tests we have to give out this year is that my Language Arts classes have TWO FULL WEEKS of testing (just …
Marriage Matters: Service
The psychology behind relationships has always fascinated me (which is one reason why I went into psychology as my minor), and I’ve found that most marriage and family counselors will list the following thing when asked to list the top 5 ingredients for a successful marriage: Service (or the need to be selfless). In …
Emotional Running
Last Saturday was a perfect day for running—so perfect, apparently, that the springlike atmosphere and pleasant breeze wafting through my hair caused me to get a bit lost right in the middle of my long run. Let me paint a picture for you– Saturday, 8:30 a.m. Looking at my training schedule and my personal …
Yellowstone: A Photo & Word Journal, Pt. Two
Day Three (Friday) In order to snowmobile into the park, you must be a part of a tour group, which means that our little expedition is starting at an hour I usually don’t like to see on vacations. After an early breakfast, Matt and I encase ourselves in layer upon layer of sweaters and …
Yellowstone: A Photo & Word Journal, Pt. One
Last year, when we went to Bryce Canyon over spring break, I did a little “Photo & Word Journal” on the blog, which I loved (if for no other reason than that it more completely documented our vacation than just a normal blog post). Hope you don’t mind a repeat 🙂 (All photos taken by …
Thoughts on Being a Second-Year Teacher
When you get into the world of teaching, everyone is always talking about the first year and what to expect–they tell you that it’s normal to put in 60-hour work weeks and that it’s normal to take things too personally and that it’s normal to feel like each day is a game of survival. And …