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My adventures as a young urban teacher

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The calm should . . .
come sometime this week. With cheer tryouts and starting grad school my life is utter chaos right now. I’m so stressed that I’ve been using Home Alone to sleep at night. Please be patient with me . . .12 more days until Vacation. . . wooo Read More...
Positivity
My mother is constantly encouraging me to speak positively about all things. Today, she reminded me that negativity makes more bad things happen. It sounds a little like “The Secret” mumbo jumbo, but I’m going to buy into it today. Organization Read More...
The funk continues. . .
Okay, I’ve been in a funk for a few days now. I appreciate all of the kind words so many of you have said to me. I am so disheartened, disappointed and disenchanted right now. I know I sound like I really hate being a teacher, but it is exactly Read More...
Ya’ll people in that city is Crunk!
I know that many of you are probably cringing at the title of this post. It is killing all of you ELA people–so much bad grammar and slang. One of my best friends just said this after I have told her about everything that has happened in my district Read More...
Thank You and VENT!!!
I want to say thank you to everyone who has said a prayer for me, given me encouraging words and given me hope to go on. Working in an urban district is draining. My district is desperately trying to meet the standards of NCLB. It has presented itself Read More...
Self Assessment Part II
As a continuation from yesterday’s self assessment, I am now listing three areas in which I need to improve. They use all of this information to determine my eligibility for tenure. Miss A’s Areas for Needed Improvement Learning Opportunities for Diverse Read More...
Vent: Craziness of Y3
I feel like my posts are more infrequent. .. I just that I feel like I have so little time. I need to let go of a few things and hash out some solutions. So , here goes. . . I feel like I am grumpy all of the time. I think it has something to [...] Read More...
I’ve had it up to here!!!!
I am frustrated beyond all belief. I am finding it very hard to prepare for school this week. The district implemented a new plan to get more students passing and succeeding in our district. It is called “Professional Learning Communities” or PLC’s. I Read More...