October 2011
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All the grading I brought home this weekend is...
VICTORY IS MIIIIIINE!
Now off to a sushi dinner with the hubs. Then, new Family Guy tonight!
Maybe I don’t hate Sundays after all.
Also, this has never happened. I’ve never finished all the grading I’ve taken home. This happened because I finally decided to take a MANAGEABLE amount of work home instead of every freaking assignment that needs to be graded. I’m not...
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I Hate Sundays
In my house, Sundays mean:
- A large pile of dishes to do (we don’t have a dishwasher)
- A larger pile of laundry to do
- A large pile of papers to grade (for both my husband and me since we’re both English teachers).
- A long list of house chores
Is our household unique? No. Is it still a drag? Yes. Will I waste a much time as I can on Tumblr and Facebook before starting?...
Mentor informed me that with our insurance most...
adiemtocarpe:
You have no idea how wonderful this is.
Except… One of the reasons I am so miserable is my lack of time to do much of anything, so how am I going to make time to see a therapist? Hmm.
Make the time. You’re worth it. :) It’s hard for teachers to think about themselves because they’re naturally so giving and selfless. But, we really have to take care of...
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6th period tally
New students: 1
F-bombs: 1
Student arguments: 1
Students with warnings for after-school time for talking and being off-task: 6
Times I lost my temper: 1
Times I felt embarassed in front of new student: 10 (at least)
On the positive side:
Minutes spent reading quietly (listening to audio recording): 35
Times they had productive table talks about the story: 2 (out of 3)
Times I laughed in...
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Scoring quizzes and Colbert Report.
It’ll do tonight.
Managing October Exhaustion
novicephoenix:
What a great article! Thanks so much iamlittlei
Check it out:
My teaching fellowship program officer passed along this article to us a couple of weeks ago—maybe it will help: http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2010/10/06/tln_aguilar_octoberexhaustion.html?tkn=SWTCWBd%2BWFNIFCHtThaV9AjZgztkZicaIJIT&cmp=clp-sb-teacher
Great advice about taking a day off. A real day off. I did...
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Starting fresh...
I started a Tumblr last year to use it in class. I wanted to integrate more technology into my classes, and I thought Tumblr would be a great way to give the kids an online resource to supplement classroom materials.
Then, I made a Google site, and it’s much more like what I wanted for my classroom.
What I found here though, was a community of awesome teachers and a place to learn,...
