Category: Student life

• A gateway to science

  Something cool happened today. For those of you that were not in the path from Texas to Maine, yes, there was an eclipse. If you have never seen something like this there are no words to explain how cool it was. This is the first time I have ever seen a total eclipse! It got…

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  April 8, 2024

  Adventures, find the sunshine, Good times, Grad School, Gratitude, Life, life lessons, my life, science, stories from school, Student life, teacher life

  astronomy, eclipse, find the sunshine, Life, life lessons, life of a science teacher, my life, science, solar-eclipse, stories from school, Student life, students, sun, teacher life

• A life update

  Oh man! It has been such a long time!  It has been busy but let me catch you up. I finished my office during spring break. Maybe we call it the library not the office since I moved the desk out. I was fortunate enough to be able to go to Denver for a conference.…

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  March 24, 2024

  Adventures, book talk, Friends, Good times, Grad School, Gratitude, Life, my life, Student life, teacher life

  book-club, book-review, books, conference, house, library, Life, my life, reading, spring break, teacher life

• Liar liar

  Happy Friday! I hope that everyone had a good week! I can tell it is getting warmer outside because the kids smell RIPE! This week I changed seats in class! it makes my heart happy because some kids get big mad. I move kids for different reasons like they won’t stop talking, they are failing,…

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  February 23, 2024

  Childhood, Family, Life, life lessons, my life, stories from school, Student life, teacher life, Things to Ponder

  Life, life lessons, life of a science teacher, my life, school, stories from school, Student life, students, teacher life, teaching

• It’s an allergy

  Happy Monday! I hope that everyone had a good weekend! Most of you know that I have been working on a masters degree in Science Education. I got a bunch of information about graduation last week. I got information like here to get my cap and gown and stuff. That is pretty exciting! I will…

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  February 15, 2024

  Cooking, Friends, Grad School, how-to, Life, life lessons, my life, Student life, teacher life

  allergies, allergy, food, food allergies, Grad School, Graduate degree, haha, health, Life, life of a science teacher, masters degree, my life, PhD, pondering, reflection, stories from school, Student life, teacher life

• Random Things I Said This Week

  Happy Saturday! I hope that everyone had a good week. I started this blog yesterday but my week was exhausting, and sort of strange. This is only the second day that I have gone to my special issues class. It has been interesting. I have more questions then I have answers about that class, the…

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  February 9, 2024

  consumer reports, Good times, Grad School, haha, Life, lists, my life, Student life, teacher life

  Good times, Grad School, haha, Life, life of a science teacher, lists, my life, pondering, stories from school, Student life, teacher life

• Teachers don’t just “teach”

  Happy Saturday! I hope that everyone had a great week. If I have said it once I have said it a million times, short weeks always seem so much longer! And this was a super “short” week because of the weather! I was so tired I slept until 11 this morning. I also started classes…

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  January 20, 2024

  Life, life lessons, my life, Student life, teacher life

  education, kids, Life, life lessons, life of a science teacher, lifestyle, my life, Student life, teacher life, teachers, teaching

• 3 Days of Winter

  Hello hello! I hope my Texas people are staying warm. Well I hope the rest of you are warm too but the Texas people are really going through it right now! Let me start with an online dating story. Tuesday I started talking to a guy. He seemed cool and all was going well so…

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  January 15, 2024

  Childhood, Cooking, Grad School, Life, life lessons, my life, Online dating, People are crazy, Student life, teacher life

  Childhood, Cooking, Grad School, Life, life lessons, lifestyle, my life, Online dating, People are crazy, snow, Student life, teacher life, weather, winter

• Happy 2024!

  I know that this is a few days late from the start of the new year.I have been hanging out and enjoying my time off. I have been working on some projects in my house. I got a new bed and made a reading space in my bedroom. I am really liking this new set…

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  January 4, 2024

  Geocaching, Grad School, Life, life lessons, lists, my life, Student life, teacher life, Things to Ponder, Year in Review

  blog, book, books, Life, my life, New Year, pondering, reading, reflection, teacher life, writing

• 3 in 1

  Happy Friday! I swear 4 days weeks are the longest weeks! Like yesterday I was like how in the world is it only Thursday. I know I am way passed the one week mark I was hoping to hit for the blog posts. Maybe let’s shoot for just post! haha Let’s just say that I…

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  September 9, 2023

  Childhood, Family, Friends, Good times, Grad School, Gratitude, haha, Life, life lessons, lists, mental health, my life, reflection, Student life, teacher life

  Childhood, Family, Friends, friendships, Good times, Grad School, Graduate degree, haha, Life, life lessons, life of a science teacher, lists, mental health, my life, reflection, self reflection, Student life, teacher friends, teacher life, thankful and grateful

• Who is this?!?

  Happy Monday! I hope that everyone had a good weekend! I start class today. I am ready to get this semester going! I wanted to head in to work early today for a couple reasons. 1) I have to make sure my document camera works! 2) I need to trade out my coffee pot. I…

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  August 21, 2023

  Adventures, Life, my life, People are crazy, Student life

  confused, haha, Life, my life, People are crazy