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Realizing What You Know
The first time I had realized what I learned in college was when I took the MTLE content area test. The MTLE is the Minnesota Teacher Licensure Exam. Anyone who wanted to be a teacher in the state at that time needed to take the tests. Now it’s a little different, but you still need Continue reading
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Emojis and Sociolinguistics
I wasn’t quite sure what to title this post, as with most others. I have spent a considerable amount of time thinking about emojis over the last few days. I know that seems a bit silly, but I tend to notice differences in writing and speaking. Over analyzing is what I do. In addition, if Continue reading
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MELED 2019. Part I (Keynote)
I have been fortunate enough to have gone to more than one excellent keynote speech. Dr. Ofelia Garcia gave a powerful speech titled The Wolf and the Lamb. One of the most interesting things I took away from her speech was the idea that every phrase we say and name we give is based on Continue reading
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Long Weekends
Long weekends are always a mix of emotions for me. I spend so much time around people that when it comes time to leave for longer periods of time, I tend to struggle. However, this time feels like it’s a bit different compared to previous weekends. It’s probably because I have quite a bit to Continue reading
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Writing Narratives
Today was an amazing day, although it didn’t start that way. I spent most of the morning struggling through a medium level panic attack where I couldn’t even eat breakfast. Not exactly the way to start school in the morning when you have a ton of work to get done. Fortunately for myself, I have Continue reading
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Grammar Lessons
Today I am all out of sorts. The classes went great and I was able to get a lot of work done today, but I have other things on my mind at the moment that make thinking critically difficult to accomplish. This will probably be short. EL 200 went exactly according to plan. The students were Continue reading
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Always Follow Your Own Rules.
As I was writing the title for this post today, I realized that the sentence has some semantic ambiguity that should probably be clarified. Well, let me clarify the clarification first. If I put the emphasis of the sentence “Always follow your own rules” into the word “own” then one interpretation is to not follow Continue reading
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Student Transfers
I think one of the things that is often neglected when teaching as a profession is described is the total amount of tasks that you will be expected to complete on a daily basis. Today I really thought about this as my schedule was completely changed due to a new student arrival. I was supposed Continue reading
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Post Civil War Education
EL 200 surprised me today. They were well engaged. Mostly. I have to check in with a student who has really been struggling in the class. I know that he is more than capable. I am assuming that the issue is outside of class where he may be struggling with work, other classes, or both. Continue reading
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Calmness
Right now I am trying to come down from an uncomfortable conversation that I was having earlier. It’s one of those weird things where it starts with question and everything spirals out of control. It’s honestly got me pretty bummed out and tired. It’s really annoying having someone come in and talk about things that Continue reading
The Life Argotic 