Have you ever noticed that our educational system expects ambition from our students but not from our teachers? We want students to have drive, to strive for more, to dream big, but when a teacher dreams big (especially if…
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Spring break is over. Today is the last day and I’m just not ready to go back. I could use at least another week (who’s with me?!). Despite my sadness at the winding down of this lovely time off,…
Teacher Appreciation Week should be at the beginning of February. Hear me out on this: Yes, we’ve just had a break for a couple weeks, and if your school is like ours, you’ve probably had a few weather days…
My one word this year is “now”. Why one word? I don’t know about you, but resolutions are too much for me. My list is too long and therefore unmanageable and unrealistic. One word allows me to use it…
Happy Fall, y’all! (I just happened to make today’s image in a fall theme before I even realized it’s the first day of fall! It was meant to be!) This week I wrote a post about how I finally…
I have now been back to school with students for three days. Needless to say, I’m exhausted. I’m ready for the weekend (and maybe a drink!), but unfortunately we are packing up our house this weekend, so there’s a…
Well y’all, today is the day I go back to school! This morning all of the teachers, custodians, secretaries, etc. from every building in our district (that’s like, 15 schools or something) gather in one of the local mega-churches…