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I’ve Been A Little Busy: My Classroom Preview 15 Aug 2013 | 04:48 am
For the past few weeks my emotions have been on a roller coaster of thrilling highs and crying like a crazy person lows. I function best in the middle, so I have just been trying to hang in the middl...
Remembering to Remember Life Beyond Motherhood 30 Jul 2013 | 12:27 am
My grandma says we borrow children. They aren’t ours. We just get them for a little while. Sometimes that little while feels like 6.5 million years when you haven’t slept in three days and find you...
Admitting My Own Ignorance in Light of Trayvon Martin 20 Jul 2013 | 01:10 am
I wasn’t going to write about the outcome of the Trayvon Martin trial. And I wasn’t not going to write about it out of fear or because I wanted to pretend that it didn’t happen. I didn’t even not wa...
The Six Levels of Moral Development 3 Jul 2013 | 01:45 am
Ever since I decided to go back to work this coming school year, I have started cracking open some of my favorite books about teaching to give me a bit of a refresher. Some of my favorite books are w...
And My Classroom Shall be Decorated in Owls 29 Jun 2013 | 05:07 am
So it’s been decided that my classroom will be decorated in owls. And while I dragged two kids around me in a way reminiscent of a leopard dragging an antelope enjoyed a usual trip to Michaels tod.....
Why My KIA Holds A Special Place in My Heart 28 Jun 2013 | 07:57 am
This post is sponsored by Kia. I think every parent has a few moments, ever random as they may be, where they have that realization that they are in fact a parent. You have a moment where you kin...
Finding An Old Friend 24 Jun 2013 | 09:45 am
Just an update for those following, last week I was offered a job to teach teach two preschool classes part time, and I took it though I wasn’t immediately sure why. Initially I thought that I should...
Am I Ready to Go Back to Work? 17 Jun 2013 | 07:44 pm
There is a job application sitting on my counter. I haven’t filled out a job application since 2010. But there is one just sitting in my house, waiting to be filled out. And when I am not shitting ...
I’m the Other Type of Advocate 15 Jun 2013 | 04:01 am
When I moved to Tucson to attend the University of Arizona way back at the very green age of 18, I was this naive little conservative girl who, looking back, was lucky if she could tell the difference...
Why I Tease My Kids 6 Jun 2013 | 10:00 am
Almost three years ago now, I was standing in the hallway of a small charter school with my class of about 30 first graders. We were waiting to do a lice check. The thing about lice checks is that y...
