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  • End of the Year: Paving the road to Hell

    I had good intentions when I said I'd post on all of those things within the "next week" about three weeks ago. So it's fitting that I should get back to the list with a post enumerating all the good intentions I had th…

  • Summer goals

    Re-work Spanish I and II semester calendars in more beneficial order, with fancy new smartboard activities included, as well as worksheets and workbook pages--perhaps textbook back-up--to assign. Oh yeah, and I think I'…

  • Silk purse

    Apparently I was dreaming about hitting some button repeatedly this morning, and whatever button that was in my dream, it was definitely my snooze in real life.So I get to school a good 15 minutes later than usual, a s…

  • My children are running amok

    This is the first time in my entire teaching career--student teaching included--when I have not had to administer the 10th grade writing test. I would have thought I would have some exciting cultural or grammatically en…

  • Will-do Workday

    Before I treat myself to picking my baby up early to come play with me at school on the make-up workday, I must... finish the semester lesson calendars that were supposedly due Friday make a new easier-ish quiz for S…

  • To catch up

    I am officially caught up on sleep. I am not awake at this outrageous hour on a weeknight because I'm biding my time between scarcely spaced feedings and/or diaper changes, but because the little man and I napped good a…

  • Misgivings

    Paolo's pediatrician faxed a note saying he can't live without his mommy before New Year's, and he's sleeping about 5 hours through the night most of the time these days, so I'm home free.Or am I?I'm sitting here pining …

  • This week's count

    Two days of rain:Umpteen leeks in the mobile unit roof.Two parent conferences:One impromptu and one to come,With one "difference of teaching philosophy"So far.Three days' notice for a pep rallyBefore nine weeks' end.One …

  • Leftover class

    I think it goes back to my student teaching: my cooperating teachers took it way too easy on me. La señora Vandett, my Hickory High cooperating teacher, had gotten herself into 3 preps when I joined her, so she could ha…

  • Textbook trashing

    Sra. H. responds to the table of contents in ¡Exprésate! by Holt, Rinehart and WinstonI liked the way it started out. It seemed to me eminently logical to start off with greetings and introductions. I could roll with p…

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