One of the things that I pride myself on as a teacher is that I very rarely take work home. I have a few reasons and methods that help me achieve that goal. First of all, I use my planning time wisely. Since my school is on block schedules, I usually only have 2 or … Continue reading Closing Out
Inspiration
Mental Blocks
Do you ever just work at something and no matter how you try, you can't seem to get it? Sometimes it's a physical thing that stops you, but a lot of times, it's a mental block. I am trying to learn new things this summer, and I get frustrated because I can't get them as … Continue reading Mental Blocks
Starting Small
For today's blog post, I want to tell a number of small, seemingly disjointed stories. But I promise they all connect, and I want to make my point at the end. I started looking up things for my future classroom on Pinterest. All I searched was "first year teacher middle school". I found a few … Continue reading Starting Small
Battle Kim of the Republic 