Prologue: So much for keeping up with the blog LOL but I want to thank this audience in my small corner of the internet for reading whatever goes up. I hope that anyone who finds my stories might find it helpful. If you’re a new or old teacher. Or if you’re not in the fieldContinue reading “Catching up with Avery – Jan ’24”
Category Archives: Growing Pains
I quit teaching
Today marks my last summer vacation—the end of my teaching career. I honestly don’t know if I would go back even though I could. But I’m not sure how worth it the pay and treatment a teacher gets would be later on in life. The decision came down to a common motif I’m seeing inContinue reading “I quit teaching”
Saving face over saving students
This is ridiculous. Seeing the strain and pressure, COVID is putting on students. They all see that the system is failing them—prioritizing their dollar amount over their actual life. I thought that being a department chair I could help enact some change. But I realize I’m still too small. I only now have a titleContinue reading “Saving face over saving students”
Parents just want to be included
A few days before the news of Gigi & Kobe’s death I saw this video of John Boyega on Twitter— surprising his parents with a house of their own. The weeks following of the Bryant accident has made me reflect on the recent deaths of my family and friends. And something he said resonated with me:Continue reading “Parents just want to be included”
Beauty Marks & Body Dysmorphia
Prologue: I can’t say I’m diagnosed with this because there are people out there who probably really struggle with their accepting appearance or given body. It affects their daily lives and sometimes even hour to minute interactions with their appearance. For those that don’t know, body dysmorphia is an obsessive focus on a perceived flawContinue reading “Beauty Marks & Body Dysmorphia”
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