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  • Top 5 reasons I might live

    5. I think I've got a system to quit losing things between the dance studio, classroom, and "bullpen" involving pouch/folder thingies that I have labeled "Late Work," "To Return," and "Graded." And I tucked a legal pad…

  • I've learned

    So far this semester, the lessons about where I am as a teacher have been numerous . I have discovered that semi-floating has not, in fact, made me organized, but has made me run in between the bull-pen (all-teacher off…

  • Summer goals

    Re-work Spanish I and II semester calendars in more beneficial order, with fancy new smartboard activities included, as well as worksheets and workbook pages--perhaps textbook back-up--to assign. Oh yeah, and I think I'…

  • Work day oath

    After my umpteenth* workday devoted to catching up, I am making a new commitment to myself**: I will not lay collected assignments on the first horizontal space available; I will designate trays, folders, or boxes fo…

  • I must grade

    ...And perhaps listing everything that has piled up on me will make it all seem possible. Lyrics starters I will take up tomorrow. Lyrics starters I took up last week. Culture starters I took up two weeks ago. Tests I …

  • Silk purse

    Apparently I was dreaming about hitting some button repeatedly this morning, and whatever button that was in my dream, it was definitely my snooze in real life.So I get to school a good 15 minutes later than usual, a s…

  • Leftover class

    I think it goes back to my student teaching: my cooperating teachers took it way too easy on me. La señora Vandett, my Hickory High cooperating teacher, had gotten herself into 3 preps when I joined her, so she could ha…

  • Getting it together

    Perhaps it is nesting kicking in, but I got something done today (after breaking yesterday's promise). In fact, I got a lot of something done today: filed, entered grades for returned progress reportscreated/copied home…

  • Panic? Me?

    I used to panic when I couldn't find my flash drive. Usually it had fallen off my key chain as I exited my house, my husband's place of business, or I simply left it at the wrong computer. I was completely distraught u…

  • Organizational breakthrough

    It seems so simple, but it has taken four years of trial and error (lots of each) to discover it. It's a simple three-ring binder, something I believe I actually scavenged from the leavings of the teacher(s) previously …