Final Thoughts on Student Teaching
A very long post taken in part from my final reflection paper, taken in part from previous posts, plus stories on individual students.
...read moreBrick Wall
I’m supposed to be having a leisurely day at school entering grades and finishing up my work, but woke up puking (no pregnancy jokes — not funny), feeling sick and crappy again for the bazillionth time this semester. Just called back by my MT and she is, understandably, irritated. Stop that snow day, I can’t [...]
...read morePost #2 on an Indulgent Subject
Y’all brought me good luck last time, so… You know what your job is tomorrow evening, right?
...read moreAnd She Cried When She Saw the Bill From Fannie Mae
One more week and I am no longer a broke college student. Instead I will be a broke, unemployed adult with a dependent on a mad job hunt. More identity-related student teaching posts are on the way once I free up some time. Next round, the fight between, and the oddly positive conclusion between, the [...]
...read moreConsider the Hijab: Blogging Against Racism
Blogging against racism a full week late. Forgive me. Earlier this week my mentor teacher (MT) parodied the hippies of the 60s, which was easy because she was one, and stood in the hallways with her “Make Love, Not War” placard, two fingers held up in a peace sign, clad in Indian-print shirt and bandana. [...]
...read moreDo You Do That Dance?
Thursday evening, 7pm Eastern time, I want everyone to run outside and wiggle your bums, chanting, “Snow DAY! Snow DAY!” Then head indoors and recite incantations for to sky to dump four inches of snow on Central Indiana. You down?
...read moreSchool: Future Writing
I’m hoping to be able to sit down and hack out a few good posts on my student teaching experience in the next two weeks now that it is beginning to draw to a close. I have a few posts sitting in draft mode, and some that I have bouncing around my head, but I [...]
...read moreCatch That Fart and Paint it Green
Popping in with an update. The highlight of my week occurred this morning as we read aloud from our crappy novel. We were trading the responsibility of reading around the room, the students sitting in their desks or sprawled out on the floor as we made our way through the chapter. Because this class is [...]
...read moreHelp Your Desperate Blogger
I need your help for my upcoming teaching practicum. Please bear with me while I explain. Instruction on grammar and usage has become a requirement for all English classrooms K-12 through NCLB, instruction that was often avoided by many Language Arts teachers before it was nationally mandated. Even after the mandate, teachers remain intimidated by [...]
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