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Progress
Today is definitely a day to celebrate some progress with my own wellbeing. I won’t go into too much detail but I was able to control my impulsivity and not share information that is best kept to myself. I’m pretty proud of myself. This is not where I would have been just 3 years ago.… Continue reading
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Wash Days
I really need to have a better plan in place for days that fall apart. This is only my second wash day in the entire semester. But it still makes me feel like a clown for not having materials ready to go. Yet, what I pulled together wasn’t all that bad. The execution was horrible.… Continue reading
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Academic Dishonesty and The Culture of Cheating
I really wish that our days were far more flexible. Just when you think that you are in a groove and are writing the best lesson ever, the bell rings and it’s time for the next class. This has been the bane of my prep time since about forever. I am not sure how schools… Continue reading
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Genre Analysis for Writing
Have you ever been in a grad school program reading about communicative competency and various pedagogies to employ when you realized you forgot an important part of this when giving out a massive writing project? No? Well, I just did. This last chapter I was reading from a course on language and culture was focusing… Continue reading
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Teaching is a Craft
I really hate admitting this. The more time I spend in the classroom, the more I have begun to think of teaching as a craft. I could even compare it to something like wood or metalworking. You can be taught all the things you need to know about wood grains and densities, tools, and cuts,… Continue reading
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Keeping Organized
I have been struggling with the ADHD spiral for the past few weeks. I spent most of the day in a great mood but for some reason, whenever I get to my fourth block of classes, I feel like a total mess. I am not quite sure why I have this feeling. Actually, that’s a… Continue reading
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Academic Conversations
Today was one of those days that started great, had a few bumps in the middle, and ended with a surprise that reminds me of why I teach. I need to keep track of what went right so that I can continue using it in the future. We are opening a new unit that involves… Continue reading
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First tests are in. . .
It’s difficult to decide whether student performance is a reflection of their study habits or your teaching. Sometimes, it’s both. I am really struggling this year to figure out which of the two it may be. For some students, I can tell that I must do a better job of teaching students not only what… Continue reading
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Lessons Learned
We have officially been on a block schedule for a month now. It is absolutely exhausting and rewarding at the same time. This is my first year back in my own classroom after a small hiatus co-teaching social studies. Every day is an experiment where I learn new things here and there and try to… Continue reading
The Life Argotic 