Today was our first day back after the holiday break. Only teachers had to be there today for professional development. At 9 a.m., we all decide it's time to go the theater for the morning presentation. There were staircases directly behind us, so I started to turn that way. No one followed. So I followed all of them thinking we had to go ( Read more... )

So now that I have reviewed the novel on my own and actually understand it as an adult, it makes it that much worse to remember what it was like as a teenager. My students are so completely befuddled by the novel that I spent six hours today (3 separate periods) reading three chapters out loud. I would interrupt myself every few paragraphs to ( Read more... )

I had my DISD interview today. I felt like a lying sack of sludge when I told my supervisor that I was leaving for a doctor's appointment. However, I have no obligation toward them. I know they have never treated me with anything but kindness (yet), but when another opportunity arises to further my career, I have to take it ( Read more... )