March 2012
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WatchAnd now I can serenade tumblr with Tyr’s permission. He’s had enough of this song.
February 2012
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One of my students thinks the song "Moves Like...
So.
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“And I couldn’t believe that the man who tried to kill me was Laurence...”
– A brief and incredible excerpt from a 7th grader’s mystery short story.
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The best things about being a teacher today are:
“Ms. R., what is President Obama’s last name?” -really, a student asked this. Then proceeded to write a rough draft of his essay referring to the first lady as “Michael Obama”.
My students were writing a warm-up trying to persuade their parents to give them something they wanted. One student was listing evidence for why her parents should get the family a weiner...
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I'm pretty tired of these 14-hour days.
For real.
Leave the house by 7:00, jamming with 7th graders until 2:30, making millions of copies and packets and planning how to be a good teacher until 3:30 and then work at the toy store until 9:00.
Did I mention I’m paying roughly $9.00/hour to teach full-time?
Also, kids are so fucking funny and awesome. So, done complaining.
Tomorrow I get to go to the sports center in Madison and...
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