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It's Not All Flowers And Sausages...

A place where teachers can breathe, vent and LAUGH!!

January 2009 - Posts

She Has A Way With Words

Yesterday I received a note from a parent. I don't mind parent notes. In fact, I prefer a note to what seems to the alternative form of communication for parents at my school- bombarding me with questions at 7:58 in the morning while I'm just trying to Read More...

The Apples Don't Fall Far From the Educational Example

We had a concert today. It doesn't matter what we were listening to, because really, we weren't listening. Correction. I was listening. My class was listening. My Super Colleagues' classes were listening. But the other classes? Yea, they weren't listening Read More...

Put A Fork In Me...

I think you know how the rest of that little saying goes. I'm so disappointed in myself. Here it is 22 days into 2009 and I was doing such a good job of staying positive. I'm loving my class more and even getting some better results out of Big Boy. Everything Read More...

My Version of a Tightrope

For this post, please picture me in a tutu with those fabulous lace up ballet shoes. I would never actually buy them, but sometimes, I think they sound amazing. We are not going to explore that one any further. So my metaphorical tightrope is my relationship Read More...