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I’m still blogging, but I’m moving to another venue since my life from here on out will have very little to do with teaching, and I don’t want to spam this wonderful network with things completely irrelevant to the profession. Although from time to time, I am sure something I run across will remind me of my experiences, or I’ll post about some new development in education. So, if you’d like to follow my transition into medicine, and my general ramblings, go here.
I’ll miss you, TeachFor.Us network, and fellow TFA veterans!
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I’m missing teaching already. It’s been two days since I’ve gotten to the Big Apple, moved into my new dorm (dorm life, again?), and I still don’t feel comfortable here. I realize that a lot of this has to do with the anxiety of being in a new, foreign place – especially a place as…
read more »I just realized that my blog made #10 on the list of top ten TeachFor.Us blogs of the decade. Wow – I had no idea so many people were reading. Or maybe it’s just that the people who do read my blog visit it often? In any case, thank you! I’ve just returned from a…
read more »Tomorrow’s my official last day as a teacher. Sure, I might drop by the building purely out of habit throughout the summer, but tomorrow is the day I say goodbye to my classroom, which has been my safe haven, my hell, my entire life for about 730 days. It’s strange. I don’t know what to…
read more »I have this kid who is extremely chauvinist. It shows in his behavior toward other female students, and how disrespectful he is to some of his female teachers. Anyhow, he and I get along fairly well, though I don’t particularly like him that much because – there’s no better way to put it – he’s…
read more »“The middle passage was called the middle passage because it was in the summer time and it was hot.” – Student presenting her history project on letters from the perspective of a slave. “Ms. K can you sign my paper?” Then, while standing in front of us, to another student, “What the f—? F— that…
read more »One of my students made this comment earlier last week: “It seems like school is just fading away, doesn’t it?” This school year is dwindling to an end. It’s portfolio week, but the turnout has been abysmally low – I’ve got at least seven students on my roster to present today, and only three showed…
read more »A quick recap of what just happened in my classroom ten minutes ago: One of my students, A, has a portfolio prep packet. It just so happens that she lost the physics version of the handout, so I ended up giving her a spare copy from my chemistry classes. One sentence starter reads, “I can…
read more »It is officially the last day of classes. Portfolios start next week, which means that time will be largely unstructured – kids coming in, presenting their final projects for each class, and leaving when they finish. Part of me always wishes that the end of the year were more structured, so that I could get…
read more »Last night was the senior banquet, a night for seniors, parents, and teachers to reflect on their experience. Last year I didn’t attend, since I didn’t teach any seniors. This year, I teach or have taught the majority of the seniors, so it was an incredibly significant event for both me and them. First, a…
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