1. Since I never made it known here on the blog, I figured now is as good a time as any to say that I signed the resignation papers at work almost two weeks ago now, so as of summer, I will officially be unemployed. The funny thing is, I thought I’d be panicky and anxious …
Our hopes are that this is my last year of teaching for a long time, and while there are many things I know I will miss about being a teacher, I know for a fact that I will never once miss the intense workload and mental strain of grading papers and tests (especially when I …
Cartoon via I don’t think it’s any secret that teaching is a challenging profession (especially when you’re a middle school teacher, like I am). You’re expected to work overtime without extra pay, keep up with all the state-, district- and, school-mandated paperwork and agendas, ensure that “no child is left behind” (or whatever the latest …
Giving Raven a bath after a particularly gross blowout (which, coincidentally, is always more funny after the fact than during) I was thinking the other day about how I hardly ever blog about teaching anymore. I also was thinking that when people ask me lately about how my job is going, I don’t have much to say …
I often find myself fearful when I hear of all the evil in the world, and it seems like the past couple months have been especially difficult to bear between the publicity of the late-term abortions being performed by Planned Parenthood (not to mention the other atrocities going on there), the rising wave of terrorist …
I always forget how much my feet hurt after the first day back at the school after a whole summer off–it doesn’t matter which shoes I wear, I always walk out of the building feeling like I’ve just done a half-marathon or something. Oh, and I always end up with a sore throat because of …
I am now well into my 3rd year teaching 7th grade, and while this year has been much more smooth-sailing than last year, I still often wonder if when the time comes to look for another teaching job, I should look into teaching an older age group. You see, there’s a reason that teaching …
Note: I found this post filed under “drafts” and realized I’d never published it (because when I wrote it, no one knew our happy news). Even though I’m now more than 2/3 of the way through my second trimester (and this post deals with all the not-fun symptoms of my first trimester), I …
