As mid-year approaches, I can think of all the things that I would like to change. I think about all the kids that I have not reached or I have not taught enough. I recently read my letter of intent of why I want to teach of America. There are a million reasons why I…
read more »First, I must apologize for my lack of blogging. It was on my to-do list for quite some time, but it had not made it to the top of the list until today… So to catch you up, I have been teaching 7th grade language arts for 4 weeks now. It has been the hardest,…
read more »First, I apologize for my lazy blogging. There are no reason for excuses, so I will try to catch you up on the past 4 weeks. Institute finished up in Cleveland, Mississippi with a BANG! It was one of the best weeks of my life. My students did relatively well on their end of summer…
read more »It seems that I have not been blogging as regularly as I would like, so I will try to wrap up the last 4 weeks in a short amount of time. I arrived in Cleveland Mississippi only 4 weeks ago. Cleveland is a town about the size of some most small towns in PA, but…
read more »Today was my first challenging day (of many to follow I am sure) on my TFA journey. I was full of mixed emotions all day, and at times, I struggled with what I was bringing to the table when I was surrounded with so many talented young people. This post will investigate what I have…
read more »So, today starts my last official week as a resident of PA. This is very surreal to someone who has lived in the same house in the same town for her entire life. Twenty two years is a long time to live anywhere and in a mere week, I am supposed to pick up and…
read more »After nearly 4 weeks since I got the exciting news, that I was accepted to the 2011 corps, the excitement is beginning to wear off. Although I am still enthused about the upcoming opportunity, my main emotion is now to be simply overwhelmed. There are a million things to worry about. First, the PRAXIS tests.…
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