February 2012
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Tomorrow we're off on our voyage!
thinkbrit:
2 days in the mountains with both 3rd grade classes. Snowshoeing, sledding, etc. Wish me luck!
I must wish you luck…Although, I kind of envy you!! I live in a very flat area and I love/miss mountains! Also, I would not mind taking a class or two to the mountains (stressful, but it also sounds fun).
You can do it!
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Rejection
Normally, I am not bothered by rejection. But, I just got my first rejection e-mail from a school district and it bothers me.
I wish they would have at least interviewed me. I spent a lot of time on the application and rewriting my cover letter/resume.
Also, (I know it’s early still and that hiring doesn’t really take off until March) I’m starting to worry that this is a...
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Things Teachers Go Through
I had to have my fingerprints redone for a substitute position. It didn’t help that I had “Sexy and I Know It” (I hate that song but it is catchy…) stuck in my head the entire time the officer was taking my prints.
I was able to fight the urge to bob my head to the beat sing.
Also, I am one of those people who stare at my fingerprints card in pure fascination (until I...
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Finally..it has happened...
Submitted my application for my “Initial Educator License”…Finally. And I’m not nervous. I just want my pretty piece of paper that cost me four and a half years of college tuition + $95 for my in-state content area exam + $80 licensing fee + the cost of my transcripts.
I just want to hold my insanely expensive (but they’re also very blue and very pretty) license....
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Tumblr Teacher: Girl with a Lesson Plan: Something... →
girlwithalessonplan:
No. Really. You can’t teach the unwilling.
Here are options in my speech class:
Pick your topic, whatever you want as long as it fits the genre of speech (persuasive, narrative, etc.)
Research it however you want, either with print or web
Show me some progress points as you work
Make…
This whole post sums up a huge lesson I had to learn during my student...
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One Town's War on Gay Teens →
There is some dialogue about the school district that became a battleground of sorts. I could only imagine how I would feel as a teacher put in the situation of possibly losing my job if I mentioned homosexuality in my classroom. I literally don’t know what I would do (especially because it is a lot harder to come across a job in my content area). And that is a scary thought as someone...
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“When adults say, “Teenagers think they are invincible,” with that...”
– “Looking for Alaska” by John Green
I just finished this book. I wish I had read it back when I was in high school after two students died in a car accident. However, I still enjoyed it as an adult and educator. I received so much wisdom from this “Young Adult” novel.
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This makes me happy. →
I discussed this with my classes during student teaching. Because I was in a small (conservative too) town, a lot of kids had never heard anyone tell them not to use “gay” in this context. Most kids did not care what I had to say and in a period of Government (one that I did not teach on a regular basis but observed most of the time), students quickly turned my discussion into the...
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To the anon who messaged me...
…”Yes” is the answer to your question. And that is all I will say. That and I am expecting 12”-24” of snow.
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Things your teachers might do when not working (or...
Drink chai.
Watch “Dance Moms”
Wait for “Project Runway: All-Stars”
Get ready for a huge snow storm.
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One of my friends who graduated from school at the...
…got her teaching license in the mail.
*whines*
*although she did go to a different university and they had her final transcripts and degree available A WEEK after graduation (my university did not have my transcripts OR my degree available until January 17th…over a month after I graduated).
In all honesty….I will feel so much better and much more confident when I have my...
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I've realized...
…that I love history and civics and sociology and geography…but I hate teaching it. Well…that lowers my job prospects…
Is it possible for a teacher to love teaching one subject (that they are very passionate about) but hate teaching another subject (that they are also very passionate about)? Perhaps I am only basing my opinion on my student teaching experiences (I liked...