So, twenty-two weeks after my last entry, I decided I gotta get back into this. I think I'll do that by talking about my trip to New Orleans this past weekend.

This year hasn't been going great at school. Our kids are tougher and more hateful. As teachers, we're exhausted. I feel like my team is falling apart half the time. But, still, good things ( Read more... )

Don't you just love the days that start when you wake up and decide to do something out of the way? Like, WAY out of the way? Well, that's how our yesterday started. We woke up at about 9:30 and decided to head down to the New Haven, CT, IKEA for a rendezvous with our friend Kate (
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So, the past two weeks of my online time has been excruciatingly devoted to an absolutely awful course. VTE-ED/530, which is Methods in Secondary Education from the University of Phoenix, is the course that is making me gnash my teeth together. Not only am I wasting my district's money, but I am also wasting my time. The only reason I have to take ( Read more... )