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Buh-Bye 2012! 1 Jan 2013 | 03:01 am
So I'm just about T-minus seven hours away from the official start of 2013 and I feel compelled to write some sort of reflective genius about the year. Hopefully you are reading this post with a drin...
Heroes 16 Dec 2012 | 01:23 am
I am sitting here in front of a blank computer screen attempting to write curriculum, to focus on the Common Core, to be mindful of my looooooming deadlines. But then... My mind drifts back to the r...
Nerd Out: Stand Up And Wave Your Nerd Flag 5 Dec 2012 | 05:30 pm
My Teacher Bag is a thing of mythic proportions. It is big. It is heavy. It is strategically packed. It is a thing of beauty. Over the years I have refined my Teacher Bag so that it is no longer ...
Nerd Out: It's Not All About Leveling 1 Dec 2012 | 12:47 am
Oh standardized testing, how you have ruined us! How you have forced us to do things that deep down we know are not the best for our little friends! How you have been abused yourself - used to measu...
To Gift or Not To Gift 30 Nov 2012 | 01:59 am
Assuming that none of you out there was the lucky Powerball winner (I mean $500M?? Can you imagine how much that will buy you at The Container Store or - gasp - Staples?! The organizational possibil...
Nerd Out: Living the Life of a Reader 14 Nov 2012 | 04:30 pm
Can I just say I love the idea of teaching students to "wear a reader's clothes?" Freaking. Love. It. In our current Common-Core-standards-frenzied-insane-accountability times, it is very easy for...
But I Don't Waaaaaant To.... 12 Nov 2012 | 05:30 pm
The other day, I wrote about struggling to always see what there is to love about teaching. I guess you could say I'm kind of in a funk right now when it comes to teaching. I think I resent it. Bas...
Do We Like Gentle Reminders?? 6 Nov 2012 | 01:16 am
I was recently avoiding working on curriculum writing, obsessing over a new house I want to buy, vegging out on Facey Face, mining the Interwebs for interesting and thought provoking material to share...
Have You Ever Thought About What Makes You Crazy? 23 Oct 2012 | 03:46 pm
Here's a fun list for you: Mrs. Mimi's Top Five List of Events That Make Me Want To Poke Myself In The Eye and Run Screaming From the Building 5. When "special" teachers (phys ed, art, music, etc) a...
Toplessness - Always Good For A Laugh 19 Oct 2012 | 06:32 pm
All right, friends. It's Friday. It felt like this week went on forever. It feels like we could all use a laugh. By the by - I know our job is CRAZY IMPORTANT and, in my opinion, more important th...
