I've had a terrific couple of weeks - vacation that was desperately needed, as I discovered upon my return to school. I looked at their smiling faces, and was startled to realize I did not want to chuck any of my students out the window. My...I'm not going to call it a resolution, because who follows those? - is to balance work and life better ( Read more... )

Parent teacher conferences are almost over (all mine are over tomorrow, unless any get rescheduled - hope not!), and not a moment too soon. My voice really can't take much more of the hours of constant talking. I'm a quiet person! My vocal chords, I've come to realize, physically can't handle me talking a lot. Which is kind of weird, and a ( Read more... )