Category: Things to Ponder

• Welcome 2025

  

  Happy Wednesday and Happy New Year! I hope that everyone had a great and safe New Year’s Eve! Mine was pretty good. Spent the evening with some friends, played some games, ate some food, over all it was a pretty good evening! As one year comes to an end and another starts there is the…

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  January 1, 2025

  Adventures, Family, Friends, Good times, Grad School, Gratitude, haha, Life, life lessons, lists, my life, reflection, Student life, Suggestions, Things to Ponder, Year in Review

  2025\, books, Family, Friends, friendships, goals, Grad School, Graduate degree, Gratitude, haha, Life, life lessons, my life, New Year, pondering, reflection, self reflection, Things to Ponder, writing, Year in Review

• Traditions

  

  Happy Thursday! I hope that everyone is having a good week! Today was the last day with kids! I have to come back tomorrow but it is a very different vibe when the kids aren’t here! The plan is to finalize grades and clean up some piles in my room. The big goal is to…

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  December 19, 2024

  Childhood, Family, Good times, haha, Life, lists, my life, Things to Ponder

  blog, Christmas, Family, haha, holiday, holidays, Life, life lessons, my life, pondering, reflection, traditions

• unpopular opinion from a teacher

  

  Happy Monday! I hope that everyone had a great weekend! I Had a pretty good weekend! I didn’t do much! haha I spent time with friends, I read a book, I did some grocer shopping, I did a load of laundry and I mopped the kitchen floor… you know, important stuff! I am so ready…

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  December 16, 2024

  Life, life lessons, stories from school, teacher life, Things to Ponder

  Cell phones, Family, Life, life lessons, life of a science teacher, mental health, my life, parenting, pondering, reflection, school, school rules, Smart phone, social-media, stories from school, teacher life, teachers, technology, unpopular opinions

• 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

  blog, Cooking, food, Gute Survey, haha, leftovers, Life, life lessons, life of a science teacher, my life, pondering, survey says, surveys, teacher life

• Single looks like a good option

  Happy Sunday! I hope that everyone has had a good weekend! My weekend was full of homework. So I know that I don’t really have a lot of spare time right now but I have been humoring some people in my life and have been “putting myself out there more”. Really this just means that…

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  February 25, 2024

  Good times, haha, Life, my life, Online dating, Things to Ponder

  advice, bumble, dating, dating sucks, facebook dating, Life, my life, Online dating, single girl problems, single 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

• PSA!

  This might not be popular. Here is a public service announcement from a middle school teacher: Parents! Let’s talk! So I am going to start with this is true for about 98% of teachers. I understand that there are some bad seeds but that is life. So remember that this is not all teachers and I…

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  February 2, 2024

  Life, life lessons, lists, my life, stories from school, Suggestions, teacher life, Things to Ponder

  Life, life lessons, life of a science teacher, lists, my life, pondering, reflection, stories from school, teacher life, Things to Ponder

• Fun Naomi Facts

  There are some new readers here. There are some readers that have been here for a while. There are some readers that have known me for years, or don’t know me at all. Either way here is a list of 100 things about me! Well there it is… 100 facts about me. Let me know…

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  January 17, 2024

  Adventures, Bullet Journal, Childhood, Family, Friends, games, Geocaching, Life, lists, movies, my life, Online dating, People are crazy, photography, Pool, reflection, teacher life, Things to Ponder, TV, Movies, Books

  book, books, Family, Friends, friendships, Life, life lessons, lists, movies, my life, pondering, reflection, teacher life, TV

• 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

• That time Of Year

  Hello! I hope that everyone had a good weekend! Mine was I spent time a lot of time with friends. Lots of food and friends and laughing! It was good! The weather got warmer again. I really miss fall! Really I miss the consistency of it all! I want to wear long sleeves and sweat…

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  November 9, 2023

  Day Zero Project, find the sunshine, Grad School, how-to, Life, life lessons, mental health, movies, my life, reflection, stories from school, teacher life, Things to Ponder

  crafting, cricut, Life, life lessons, life of a science teacher, my life, pondering, reflection, stories from school, Student life, teacher life