Adventures in Education

A chronicle of my adventures as I work as an educator in my community and seek my own classroom.

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Crying during therapy is so much fun

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Artist Daniel Rarela creates “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” memes to stop people from whitewashing MLK

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hey folks! I moved from here to over here @lifeinkinder . Not deleting this blog cause it has so many memories that I just really need to keep. 

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hey folks! I moved from here to over here @lifeinkinder . Not deleting this blog cause it has so many memories that I just really need to keep. 

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My New Year's Eve date. #DogsOfInstagram

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8 things to quit in 2018: 1. trying to please everyone. 2. fearing change. 3. living in the past. 4. overthinking. 5. being afraid to be different. 8. sacrificing your happiness for others. 7. thinking you’re not good enough. 8. thinking you have no purpose.

Alyssa. (via be-happy-and-enjoy-the-life)

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REBLOG IF YOU LOVE DOGS

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9 million people fucking love dogs

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This blog is an amazing place for me, but I also think I’m at a point where I’m ready for a fresh start which is weird to say. But I’ve had this blog since I was a sub who had no idea wtf I was doing, not that I have any idea now really.

But I think I’m gonna be starting fresh with a new blog that’ll make it’s grand entrance tomorrow. 

New year, new start. Or something like that. 

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I don’t really make resolutions, but I have goals for 2017 and if I put them out there in the universe, maybe I’ll keep them. 

Stop letting other people dictate my choices. (I have long been stuck in the oldest child mindset and I let other people dictate and manipulate me into doing things I don’t want to do even when I know it’s happening.) I acutally did a pretty good job of keeping this one...sort of.

Be more conscious of what I’m eating and drinking so I can make healthier choices. I started off strong with this one and then I dunno. So I’m trying again in the new year. 

Change my hair and wardrobe - I can totally reflect my personality and still be professional.

Walk - at least 365 miles - that may mean a mile a day and may mean doubling up some days. 

Take steps to do things for me. Okay, this one was actually a rousing success! I took foster classes which is something I’ve wanted to do for YEARS and I started working out with a trainer. 

Be more financially fit. 

Stick to a budget!

Make a dent in my student loans  not nearly as much of a dent as Iwould’ve liked.

SAVE I mean a lil bit? 

Make conscious choices to take care of myself 

Pick up a new hobby.  I started working out so that’s definitely a hobby.

Okay, so apparently I’m absolutely awful at keep these goals. 

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I hate anxiety. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it!!

I’ve been dying to get my nose pierced for months. Did all the research and everything. I’ve been trying to do it all break. But I get to the shop and drive pat the shop. Every single day.

I couldn’t even freakin go into WalMart today. 

Ugh. I hate this. I hate it you guys.

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I wore a Christmas sweater today. What is the world coming to?

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Job hunting is a serious thing I'm doing this year. As opposed to the halfway whatever I did last summer and the summer before. Also it's really sad that since graduating 3 years has been my max anywhere. In other news how do I convince my admin that foster care stuff like an initial placement but not court counts as sick days? Admin is sooo not convinced cause they've never had a foster parent before.

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This thread is the purest form of girls having girls backs.

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Sometimes my coworkers get stuff from students - pictures, candy, bracelets, whatever. And I find that little childish part of me getting jealous. And it’s silly, I know.

But then I remember my little one who regularly tells me that I’m his best friend. And that he’s sad when he doesn’t get to see me. And I remember all the hugs I get with the genuine love pouring from them.

And I remember the happiness in my kids’ eyes when I tell them how proud I am of them. And honestly, that stuff is waaay better than any of the stuff.

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BB-8 bowing to Princes William and Harry at the Stars Wars: The Last Jedi premiere at Royal Albert Hall in London on December 12, 2017

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*unabashedly weeping*

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Help?

I have 5 7th/8th grade students who are failing technology. One of the teachers suggested I assign an extra credit tech project to be done over break - emailed to their parents of course - in order to bring up grade - because only crap on of these kids only has a 39%. 

Any ideas for the project? 

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@flewmymind & @katrinabadina

Let’s call the issue general asshattery. As in they’re more interested in sitting and talking while not even half-assing their lesson than they are actually doing anything. I have given 1.5 class periods (the 2.5th will be Monday) to revise work they didn’t score above 50% on and make-up missing work, but they have chosen not to do it. Monday a student went as far as recycling her quiz because she ‘didn’t care anyway’ 

One, maybe 2 of those students who are failing will get incompletes for the quarter because they’ve been absent so much. But the other 3 failed last quarter too and so I’m kinda at the point where I’ve been more or less told to do whatever I can to ensure they pass otherwise I’d be completely against this type of extra credit as well. Especially given that those who need it won’t do it. 

I will admit that I only have them for 20 minutes a week, so there are some weeks where management is at a minimum - as in stay in your seats and talk at a whisper level. Because otherwise, I would get literally nothing done with anyone.