Reporting back after about a month back in the classroom- The short answer is: it’s a mixed bag- highs and lows, but I am so incredibly grateful to be there! Overall, I love being a teacher again and I feel like out of my 13 years on the job, this is the strongest I’ve been.Continue reading “Cursive, Corn, and Jerry, the Aloe Vera Plant”
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Back to School
The culture shock is real! It’s been 5 years since I’ve taught at an American public school, and man, has it been a rude awakening stepping back into this role. You know the episode of 30 Rock, where Jack Donaghy leaves the corporate world of GE to go work for the Government? He points outContinue reading “Back to School”
Finding a Teaching Job Overseas:
DODEA vs Search Associates About 5 years ago, our family accepted International teaching jobs in Tunisia, North Africa through a recruitment company called Search Associates. We had a great experience living in Tunisia for 2 years before moving back to the States. It’s been great being back home in Kansas, around family and friends, butContinue reading “Finding a Teaching Job Overseas:”
“Selfish” Is Not A Bad Word
After 10 years of blood, sweat, and tears, spending nights and weekends at school, always putting my job first, and forming my identity around being a teacher, I clicked send on my resignation email at my old school district. And do you know what? I never even got a reply. Not even a “We willContinue reading ““Selfish” Is Not A Bad Word”
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 