Am feeling this overwhelming feeling of sinking. I can think, I can’t focus. Just cry. Feel betrayed. Happiness must not be in my future. Just want to feel whole again.
Have not been on here in like forever. So much to keep up with. Going to try and be better about it
a little lamb: Staying Enthusiastic and Motivated about Teaching and Learning. →
Tips to Maintain Your Enthusiasm and Motivation
Know Your Motives for Becoming a Teacher
- Knowing what motivated you to enter the field of education is a key element in developing and sustaining a successful career. It is important to clarify your motives for entering the teaching…
As inspired by this Teachers in Tiaras post!!!
“Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is you-er than you.” Dr. Seuss
We've Got A Diem to Carpe: Today. →
I started off bright, cheery and excited. I greeted my students at the door with a pencil and a plastic bag filled with cut up sentence strip that when put together was a short letter from me to them expressing my excitement for the year. Then, it just went downhill.
We tried playing a name game,…
Don’t beat yourself up. All teachers have had days like this. Just go in and believe you are going to have a better day.
Colvin Wilt, Urbanite: To The Boy I Love In Secret →
Of late, my ruined bones ache for you.
Chartreuse, I drown your poetry before it drowns me.
The liqueur runs down the coldness of the truth
burns to slush the ails of an impossible destiny.
I wonder if you espy your countenance from my verse.
But I cannot reveal the truth per se
Another…
So true
You know no matter what you tell yourself, there is always that chance you will do exactly what you tell yourself not to do.
Diary of a First Year Teacher: Comedians & Teachers →
Tonight I went and saw Rob Delaney, comedian extraordinaire, at a local theater. Unfortunately, the show began with obnoxious, drunk hecklers. After some back and forth between Mr. Delaney and the hecklers, security, which really turned out to be several bartenders, removed said hecklers.
The…
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