No history of this situation has been included in this journal mostly because it all began when my mom died.  Extreme synopsis: She founded and ran a dance studio all my life.  Before she got sick, we had often talked about me taking it over in the distant future, maybe moving home and running it with her for a few years, then her passing the torch ( Read more... )

To America from a Teacher ( Read more... )

Yet another year almost over... Year 6 now. It's hard to believe that I've been living down here and working in Haslett for 6 years. It doesn't seem like that long ( Read more... )

The Hardest Job Everyone Thinks They Can Do ( Read more... )

Another good read about teaching. Worth saving in my journal.

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A friend of mine posted this on FB and I not only re-posted it to my FB, but feel the need to preserve his words here in my journal, too. That's the thing about onlin blogs - you never know how long they will be available to you. The link could break, the person could delete it.... So if all you did was repost the link, you're not guaranteed to ( Read more... )

I often write these things down in a Word file on my flash drive right at the end of the day so I don't forget them, but I haven't really had the chance lately and enjoy sharing them anyway.... I like to share the things that make me happy.

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I haven't had these kids as students in 2 years. When they were 3rd-graders, I had them and loved them to death. Last year when I was moved to the middle school, I had only the 5th grade at the elementary level. Now, I have these kids who have grown so tall and many of which have matured the length and breadth of the globe since the last time I ( Read more... )

Well, the cold or whatever it is has migrated from my sinuses down into my lungs. It wasn't too bad this morning, but as the day wore on, I found it difficult to laugh without falling into a coughing spell. This is especially bogus considering I spend a lot of my daytime minutes laughing with my students ( Read more... )

( Yay. )