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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies ( Read more... )

Again this year I have a variety of classes. But at least none are math. I guess I should go in order of schedule. Our classes are 50 minutes, which is shorter than the general education block classes of 90 minutes. That's quite a chunk of time, still ( Read more... )

TLC stands for something else in my school. But it can also easily stand for Tender Loving Care, which what teaching is all about. At least teaching Special Education students. Okay, enough of the sappy stuff ( Read more... )

My very first impression upon walking in to the building on Wednesday morning was that the hallways were so quiet. I didn’t hear loud shouting or cursing or anything. Kids were lounging around, fixing their lockers, chatting, that’s about it. I was shocked. The immediate reaction was that it was so different from ANY time in a NYC hallway. I ( Read more... )

Today is my first day at my new country high school. The previous two days we've had teacher "inservice" days, which are like NYC "PD" days. Lots of meetings ( Read more... )

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Anna Karenina
Crime and punishment
Catch-22
One hundred years of solitude
Wuthering Heights
Life of Pi : a novel
The name of the rose
Don Quixote
Moby Dick
Ulysses
Madame Bovary
The Odyssey
Pride and prejudice
Jane Eyre
A tale of two cities
The brothers Karamazov
Guns, Germs, and Steel: the fates of human societies
War ( Read more... )

was lucky enough to be able to take some really fun runs abroad in the last month. Considering I was on vacation, I didn't do too badly. I'll start up again in a few days when my body doesn't hate me from travelling and working the very next day ( Read more... )

I just received $3400 from the Dept of Ed for working at my (wonderful) school last year! Tax free ( Read more... )

Yesterday I took the bus up to Kingston where my friend's parents live, despite having a cold and feeling quite shitty on Friday. We put in at around 9am and kayaked 18 miles down the Hudson River! We went from just south of the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, Catskill, NY to just south of the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge, Kingston, NY. 18 miles! Took us 9.5 ( Read more... )