Category: Student life

One down

Happy Thursday! I hope that everyone is having a good week! My week is going so slow! How is it only Thursday!? Luckily my students haven’t been too crazy yet. I man next week might get a little crazier but as of right now, not so bad! We are all counting down the days to…

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December 12, 2024

Family, Grad School, how-to, Life, life lessons, my life, reflection, Student life, teacher life

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Would you eat it?

Happy Monday! I hope that everyone had a great weekend! This may sound silly but I think I have finally gotten in to a routine! haha It only took like 7 weeks to figure it out! haha Man these kids this year are super needy. I don’t know what is going on at the elementary…

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October 7, 2024

Cooking, Grad School, Gute Survey, haha, Life, life lessons, my life, Student life, teacher life, Things to Ponder

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Where did May go?!?

Happy Sunday to everyone! I hope that all of have been doing well! It is so hard to believe that May is just about over! It has been a bit of a whirlwind. The month started with my parents coming in to town for a week. During that time I was hooded for my masters…

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May 26, 2024

Family, find the sunshine, Friends, Good times, Grad School, Gratitude, haha, Life, Month in Review, my life, reflection, science, Shout out, Student life, Summer time, teacher life

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Mental Health Day

Happy Friday! I hope that everyone had a great week! I had a couple rough days but I took today off because it was national grilled cheese day! Yes, you read that correctly! I took it off because it was national grilled cheese day! I take the day every year! I don’t do anything I…

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April 12, 2024

Adventures, consumer reports, find the sunshine, Good times, Gratitude, haha, Life, life lessons, mental health, my life, reflection, stories from school, Student life, teacher life, Week in Review

Family, food, grilled cheese, haha, Life, life lessons, life of a science teacher, mental health, my life, national grilled cheese day, pondering, recipe, reflection, review, stories from school, teacher 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

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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

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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

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