Category: stories from school
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kids say the DARNEDEST things
Happy Monday evening! Man it feels more like a Sunday night than usual! I know it’s Monday but I didn’t work today. I also took an unexpected sick day Friday. Thursday I got home from work and spiked a 102 degree fever! It was crazy. I don’t ever remember having a fever that high in…
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Heath or skor
Hello Happy Friday!! I am so glad that we started winter break today! I need the break so much! I had a very sincere conversation with my students today about grades. I have been really worried about allowing them time to make up missing assignments. Usually these missing assignments are just due to a lack…
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Broken podiums and frustrations
Good evening! I hope that everyone is doing well. I am enjoying my thanksgiving break! I am taking some time to rest and organize some stuff in my house. A week never seems like long enough however I will say it is for sure a nice break. This last week was rough. The kids were…
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Whew that was rough!
Hello family, friends and readers! This month has been exhausting, trying, emotional, frustrating and I am so glad it is almost over. I haven’t blogged in a while I apologize but I knew I was not in a place to write and not be whiny and complain. So I just decided not to blog. September…
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7 out of 10
This week in review: This week was exhausting! This is week 3 of school here is how it is going: I found where another water fountain with the bottle filler is. I submitted 3 seating charts with lists of kids that were sitting within 6 feet of my scientists (I am calling my students scientists…
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CHANGE IS ON THE HORIZON

Good afternoon! Hope that everyone’s weekends were good! I did more movies and chilling! Just trying to enjoy the last few weeks of summer. As the short summer grows closer to an end my apprehension for the next school year grows. This school year has been like no other year! This was my 12th year……
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Naomi and the terrible horrible no good very bad day
Hello there! How are y’all doing. I hope that everyone is doing well. I wanted to start this post with a quick update from the last post. Yes I got to talk to my mom, she was in fact in a meeting! haha I didn’t realize I left that off and so many people asked!…
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You might be a teacher if…
Hello happy Wednesday! I hope that everyone is doing well. I am doing pretty well. It is spring and the weather is getting nice! Right now it is the perfect weather in Texas. You can sit on a patio have dinner and talk until the sun goes down. Baseball season has started. The rangers are…
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“teaching” in a panda-nemic
Hello family friends and readers! How are y’all doing tonight? I have had a rough few days that have led to a rough couple of weeks. These frustrations and thoughts have been weighing on my mind and heart heavy lately. I don’t speak for my district, my school, my state education system. I speak for…
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Find the sunshine
Happy Thursday evening friends, family and readers! I hope that everyone had a good week! We almost made it! Just one more day! So as most of you know I really struggled in 2020 with my mental health. I was struggling with all the isolation and then when I got back into “public” if you…
