I have been dealing with this leaving-my-job thing pretty well. When my friends and students asked me if I'd miss it or them, I knew that I would miss them but I felt almost detached from the situation ( Read more... )

For those of you not in the loop, I've quit teaching. As I told my Pricipal and Head of Department, it's not a decision I made lightly, but one that I need to do right now. I've tried to resolve my issues, but they remain unresolved and thus, I need to get out of there try something new. Sad to say, it's been a while since I've been truly happy ( Read more... )

Today was the last day of my teacher training. That means that from Jan onwards, I will be a 'proper' teacher in every sense of the word. That's daunting to say the least, but I will not dwell on that until absolutely necessary ( Read more... )

I know it's been forever since I last updated, but I've been trying out this having a life gig and I must say that it's been quite an eye-opening experience. Did y'all know that there's a whole world outside of our computers? I sure as hell didn't ( Read more... )

So today was Teacher's Day and I'm told a teacher's first Teacher's Day is supposed to be very important. And I had a blast. Got tons of presents and kind words from lots of kids. Some of whom weren't even my students. Then after the celebrations in the morning, we had a Teacher's Day dinner in the evening from which I have just returned. Teachers ( Read more... )

Today was such a good day ( Read more... )

So, I'm out of hiding. Not that I was ever in hiding. Just been pretty busy and lacking motivation to come online (for anything other than Veronica Mars and Grey's Anatomy). The next few weeks will be slower (I hope) and things should settle down for a while ( Read more... )

Is there a time limit by when you should formulate resolutions for the New Year? Is 6 days into January too late ( Read more... )