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New Year. New Blog
This year, instead of having a personal resolution like the one I had last year (Yes, I did meet that goal!), I have decided to work more on this blog and my writing. There is a lot of unpublished content here on The Life Argotic that my ADHD makes difficult to complete. But I am Continue reading
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Grammar Police: Than vs. Then
Just as a preface, I love writing about this stuff. So if it seems like it’s one long tangent, it is. English spelling is full of little surprises in etymology that tend to become rabbit holes for me jump into. However, this time it was simply a hunch that brought me to the history and Continue reading
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Can we talk about holidays? Again
Every year, starting around Halloween it never fails that some teachers get their long underwear in a bunch over not being able to celebrate their holidays like the “good ole’ days.” Ladies and gents, I have seen every flipping argument in the book. From it’s my culture to it’s a free country, it never fails that Continue reading
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Weekly Wrap Up: Word of the Week
This week felt extremely long for some reason. I think what made it longer than it should have been was the fact that we just came off MEA break, where I only worked three days. Anytime you are coming from a vacation, time seems to need time to get back into order. I also learned Continue reading
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Weekly Wrap-up
This week was unusually long for some reason. There were a lot of meetings and stressors that seemed to build on top of one another. Yet, at the end of it all, I feel like a lot was accomplished both at work and in myself. In the classroom, I finally had the chance to develop some Continue reading
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Epiphany: Co-teaching is NOT a Panacea
Arguing in my head has led to a lot of Aha moments in my life, but I just had one that takes the cake. Often I have seen it argued that we are assuming that our students are dumb because they cannot complete the work because of their language level. However, it’s not that the Continue reading
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Massive Hypocrisies
Can I point out a massive hypocrisy without being ostracised for a moment? Good One thing that really grinds my gears is when teachers use the phrase, “We need to prepare them for life” when describing their reasoning behind an action that could be seen as unfair in practice. In fact, the student often calls it Continue reading
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Success
Success comes in many forms. At times success comes after a lot of hard work and time dedicated to a particular event or objective. Sometimes success just happens because the right pieces fall together. That was today. Today’s success was a mix of well thought out planning, and great students coming together to make a lesson Continue reading
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