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Reaching Hard-To-Reach Students
There are so many times when I feel extremely lucky to be working in my alternative school. There are a million things that I like about it... but then there are weeks like this when I remember the trade-off. Things that make my job easier: leniency (I
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A Few Reflections on the day...
Comfortably settled into the swing of things, today I feel good-to-go on my 3 classes. There are a few unique-to-my-school things that I will reflect on a bit. I had a new student start today, on the third day of school. I am lucky that he was placed
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Day 1... Over the Awkwardness!!
I love getting to know new students... but there is something so awkward about that first day. I am not sure if it is my own discomfort walking into a room of mostly strangers and having to talk to them for 90 minutes or if it is that my alternative kids
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The Good Kind Of Bad Day
Today was most certainly not my day for several reasons... but I am realizing it is the "good" kind of bad. I differentiate because at the end of the day when I walked through the door to my apartment, I rushed into my room and pulled on sweats, eager
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Re-vamping Plans... Gaining Responsibilities...
I haven't even gotten to day 1 yet and I am already changing plans! For example... I am throwing out the idea of doing ice-breakers at the beginning of the year altogether. I found out more about the new kids we are getting to my alternative school and
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My lengthy introduction
I have never tried blogging before and I am a little nervous. I am simultaneously hopeful and anxious. I would love to get some feedback from readers, but I have never really shared my life on-line. I usually am a "lurker" on forums and blogs and not
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