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For anyone who talks to me on a regular basis, it will come as no surprise that I have spent a large part of this year and probably way too much time grappling with TFA, its mission, my role, and pretty much everything I could. I came to the conclusion not long after entering the classroom that I did NOT like TFA. Why you ask? Well, a lot of it has to do with small things like the fact that I haven’t felt all that supported and that I am still not sure how I feel about taking a group of highly self-critical people and being really really hard on them. The bigger part of my disdain for TFA has to do with the fact that although I believe (mostly) in the mission of TFA, you know, that “one day, all children” thing we hear over and over. What I…
read more »Today after school I was sitting in my classroom doing a little bit of work. It was the last day of the nine weeks today, so a lot of kids have been worried about what grade is going to be on their report card. Unfortunately, some of the kids who need to be worried aren’t,…
read more »Another blog post so soon. I know. Crazy. So one of my students asked me today why I have been in such a bad mood lately. And why I have been so mean. After thinking about it for a while, I decided to give an honest to god put it all out there answer. I…
read more »Sorry for the really terrible metaphor title for this post. I am no English teacher after all. I haven’t written in a really long time. If I have any faithful readers, I apologize. I have been waiting for the right mood. Not necessarily the best or worst mood, but the mood where I feel most…
read more »I was warned about the month of October. I have also been planning on posting for a while now, but my mood has been so up and down since my last post that I haven’t been able to decide what to write about and what the mood of my post will be. So I decided…
read more »I have had some bad days recently. Really bad ones. I had to have a girl taken out of my room because she was causing such a huge scene yelling about how she hates this school, hates the teachers, doesn’t care if she get’s written up and on and on and on. That afternoon, I…
read more »Normally when I hear people say the phrase “but I do love the kids” it is following a whole lot of complaining about the school, the job, the administration, TFA, and whatever else you can imagine. I am guilty of doing that myself. But putting everything else aside, I LOVE the kids. Love them. Today,…
read more »When my friend Will was in town visiting this weekend from Pine Bluff, we went to the only breakfast place in El Dorado, Arkansas. While we were sitting at the table waiting for our food, Will stopped talking, looked at me, laughed, and said, “We live in Arkansas. How ridiculous is that.” I can’t help…
read more »I have not written forever, and I don’t really have an excuse. The past month and a half has been a whirlwind, but, since that probably won’t stop for the next two years, I should get used to it. So, how are things going? Well, after summer school ended, I packed my bags and moved…
read more »Today marks the last day of real teaching at institute. My spirits are lifted, and most everyone else’s spirits seem lifted. Tomorrow we give our final assessment, and on Friday we will spend most of the day talking with our kids about their future plans and what they have learned this summer etc. I have…
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