Classroom Prep/Set-Up… A Back To School Video Your Students Need To Watch Right Now 1 Sep 201817 Oct 2017 "How psyched are you to have the opportunity to learn about out the universe and its inhabitants for several hours a day at no cost to you?!" I stumbled across…
Middle School… 16 Things Only Middle School Teachers Can Understand 21 Dec 201520 Dec 2015 A few weeks ago, I published this--a humorous article about being a middle school teacher--on Thought Catalog. Its pretty true, and still makes me laugh, especially as I reflect on…
6th Grade Reading… My Kids Write the Darndest Things! (Halloween Style) 30 Oct 20152 Nov 2015 Okay, this one made me crack up. (And cry a little on the inside)Continue reading "My Kids Write the Darndest Things! (Halloween Style)"
Mason City High School… My Kids Say the Darndest Things, Part 4 14 Oct 201521 Oct 2015 Oh boy, being a high school student teacher at age twenty-two, while looking like a high schooler myself, has its challenges for sure! One of those is when a typical…
Honors 10… My Kids Say the Darndest Things, Part 3 14 Oct 201521 Oct 2015 Being a teacher means there's no shortage of laughs. This is the latest, written in a formal essay about Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea. Sometimes you just have to laugh.Continue reading…
American Seminar 11… My Kids Say the Darndest Things, Pt. 2 2 Oct 201521 Oct 2015 Being a teacher means you're constantly surrounded by kiddos---and some of them are going to make you laugh out loud. In my American Seminar class, I had an essay question…