Category: Enjoy

• Thank you!!

  

  I want to say how extremely grateful I am for every single one of you that voted daily, dealt with my text messages and social media posts, that paid for votes and for all the words of encouragement on my quest to be America’s favorite teacher. I didn’t make it past this round. We fought…

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  May 8, 2026

  Enjoy, find the sunshine, Friends, Good times, Gratitude, Life, mental health, my life, reflection, stories from school, teacher life

  America’s favorite teacher, Bill Nye, Gratitude, Life, life lessons, life of a science teacher, love, mental health, my life, pondering, reflection, stories from school, teacher life, thankful and grateful, writing

• Phd part 2

  

  Hello! Happy Friday! We have officially made it to the time of semester, as a student, that you think it is all down hill from here and you realize that you are actually still very much going up hill. There are due dates for all the classes, due dates for projects that you were so…

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  May 1, 2026

  Enjoy, Grad School, let go and let God, Life, life lessons, reflection, Things to Ponder

  college, education, Grad School, grad student life, Graduate degree, Life, life lessons, life of a science teacher, mental health, my life, PhD, phd life, reflection, Student life, writing

• Long time no post!

  I know, it has been a very long time since I have posted. Life be life-in! I am finishing my last semester of classes before I start my dissertation, I am teaching through a state take over in my district, I am playing pool again, I am trying to win the best teacher in America…

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  April 26, 2026

  Adventures, Enjoy, Family, Friends, Grad School, Life, life lessons, my life, science, Shout out, stories from school, Student life, teacher life

  America’s favorite teacher, APA, Bill Nye, education, Friends, friendships, Grad School, Graduate degree, Life, life of a science teacher, mental health, my life, PhD, Pool, stories from school, support, TCU, teacher friends, teacher life, teaching, writing

• Out with the old, in the with the new!

  

  Happy New Year! I hope that everyone has had a great holiday season! Mine has been pretty great! Spent time with old friends, with new friends, and everything in between! As I look back on this past year there have been ups and downs, good times, and rough times. There have been times that I…

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  January 1, 2026

  Adventures, book talk, Enjoy, Friends, Grad School, Life, life lessons, my life, Things to Ponder, Year in Review

  book, books, Bullet Journal, Enjoy, Family, goals, journal, Life, life lessons, my life, New Year, outside time, pondering, reflection, teacher life, travel, writing