Last weekend, I drove up to the Twin Cities to spend time with my boyfriend Tony, his siblings and their family. The drive from the Milwaukee area was uneventful and passed quickly, probably because I was excited to see everyone. I hadn’t seen them since Christmas time, so it was a highly anticipated event. (Not to mention it was also… Read more »
On Monday night, right after I was done on Skype with a few friends, my phone started ringing. It was from a number in my area code, so I answered, thinking it was a parent of one of my students. It was a Pastor from a church about 40 minutes south of here and he called to tell me that… Read more »
This entry is also being used for teacher challenge #5 – using images in posts. Last Saturday, I was healthy and privileged enough to be able to participate in the Icebreaker Indoor Marathon Relay. The Icebreaker weekend is a unique event which includes a full marathon, half-marathon, marathon relay, and 5K. The neat thing about the races is that they… Read more »
The second update of the Teacher Challenge talks about how to write a blog post. Thankfully, I’ve been doing this for a little while and feel pretty comfortable with my writing. I am learning the WordPress dashboard and editing system with ease. I could understand how a non-tech-savvy person could be a little confused with how things work. (They had… Read more »
I would love to be able to motivate myself to wake up early in the morning to run. Unfortunately, in the battle that happens every morning, the snooze button usually wins. I would love for every student to be self-motivated. Wouldn’t that be fun? School would be so much easier! I’ve considered it something of a personal quest to develop… Read more »
Welcome to my new WordPress blog! I was looking for a blog platform that would be a more permanent place to share my personal stories as well as things I learn and implement in my teaching career. I first started blogging at Xanga. I didn’t really have a purpose to blogging there, and only a small audience of some of… Read more »