July 2007 - Posts
I'm writing this in Navy blue because I am bored with same old, same old. I went to a tech workshop today. There was a lot of info about the new search engines for research papers, but not much that applies to Elementary school. Not much else to report.
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I would love to be positive about my job! What I mean is that whenever we get together, (in the lounge or in the grocery, or with a stranger on a bus)-we teachers always speak negatively about teaching. I am the world's worse about doing this. But, I
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Hey, Fellow teachers! Have you taken courses or even gotten a masters from an online university? Which ones are legit? What was your experience with them? Did your district recognize your college hours for a pay boost? Did you get a better position with
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The local paper reported the scores (Using the entire state's scores )as Happy Days are here again. (even though locally, we are now on the failure list as a district!But that wasn't mentioned. The local paper protects the locals from too much bad information
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On Monday I ran into the High School Principal. We had a great talk. He told me about a retiring teacher who had been in the same classroom for 38 years. The teacher feared that his lifetime of memorabillia would be trashed by the next teacher. The principal
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I'm going back to the Primary this year after two years in the upper grades. This will be my 26th year in Elementary. Every year it is like starting all over again. But, it used to be just me that was getting in gear and remembering routines again. Now,
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