January 2012
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Winter Running
I went running yesterday for the first time in almost two months! Lots of walking, but I did my route without too much hassle. The only thing was the cold air! I don’t know how people that live up north in cold areas run, but I couldn’t do it. I can barely run in 60 degrees. The air coats my throat and it HURTS. Luckily, I live in Florida, so that usually isn’t too big of a...
December 2011
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So, I found out my placement for student teaching this spring. I’m not sure how I feel about it.
I’m in a school that is “fully-inclusive.” This means that there are no self-contained classrooms. The school has very little technology (some classrooms were using OHPs still). It is an elementary school, which is not what I want to teach at all. But, I will need the...
A Truth Universally Acknowledged: lifeunread:... →
lifeunread:
rawrrskittles:
7 days until Christmas!: Fake “Clinic” Cons 17-Year-Old Girl
panasonicyouth:
lesboner:
prolongedeyecontact:
An Indiana mother recently accompanied her daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend to one of Indiana’s Planned Parenthood…
What. The. Fuck? :(
“Becoming a teacher isn’t as simple as going to college and taking the right...”
– Paula White in Voice Matters-Just Ask My Kindergarteners #blog4nwp « Cooperative Catalyst (via cooperativecatalyst)
Yes yes yes!
“A school district in Utah is defending its decision to “out” a middle-school...”
– U.S. News - School on defensive after telling parents their son is gay
Is this real life? How in the world is this okay?
They wouldn’t out a student for being an animal abuser, nor do they publicly out known bullies, or publicly out drug users or dealers. All of those have a much more drastic...
My chair is broken. :'(
karlaakins:
Now I have to buy another chair. Grrrr.
Any suggestions on a really good office chair under $200? (Under $100 preferably, but you know, one can dream…)
I got a good faux leather one at Wal-Mart for about $50, but I am not particular about chairs so that may be why I think it is good.
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An art teacher articulately writes what most... →
positivelypersistentteach:
world-shaker:
kbkonnected:
Amen
everyfiredies:
This almost brought tears to my eyes. It’s so painful to listen to the public hate on teachers when I work my ass off every day at a job that most people I meet raise their eyebrows at and say, “I could never handle that job.”
PREACH.
Spot on. She definitely put into words the steam that sometimes comes out of...
The complex magic of nature blazes before our... →
corkingtoseeyou:
1. You can hear 25+ voices behind you and know exactly which one belongs to the child out of line.
2. You get a secret thrill out of laminating something. …
3. You walk into a store and hear the words “It’s Ms/Mr.> _________” and know you have been spotted.
4. You have 25+ people that…
Umm, yes. Yes. Oh, that one, too. Check. Check. And a great post to laugh at!
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Must go home and
Register for fingerprinting for next semester’s internship (and pay the ridiculous amount of $57.25!!!)
Clean
Finish Beauty by Robin McKinley
I should go by the library
Call AAA and have them undeadify my car.
Pretend I have a life
Miss running, but won’t run until I’m off the pain meds.
Set up ESOL Binder
Wait for final grades to post even though they...
The Teacher (as Designer)'s Tool Box: An... →
teachertoolbox:
Found this great article from: Lydia Wayman autisticspeaks.wordpress.com
Here is the 10 tips, but check out the full article for more information!
“1. People with disabilities are not always happy, joyful, eternally childlike, or “perfect angels.” People with disabilities are humans.
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Christmas Donations
If any of you are thinking about donating this holiday season, why don’t you hop on over to http://www.donorschoose.org and help a teacher out. You can donate money to a teacher’s mini grant for his or her classroom. It is the only charity that I donate to, because teachers need help and I can’t afford to donate more money than $10 a month.
You can choose by state, type of...
Lisa Bloom: How to Talk to Little Girls →
girlwithalessonplan:
PPT beat me to posting this!
READ THIS AND STOP CALLING GIRLS PRETTY.
This this this please!
“If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM...”
– Robert Pattinson (via sammerzzzzz)
Thoughts on the Run: SpEd Teacher Rant →
jaklinc:
If you are a teacher and use the R-word around me (and chuckle after using it) I will become LIVID! I do not find the use of this word amusing. I find this word to be very offensive to myself (because of my field and my family) and it shows that you are not very educated on the differences you…
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I have missed running so much these past two months. I just haven’t had the time, taking 17 credit hours and all.
During Winter break, I will be making the time, though, and then continuing that into next semester. I will be one of those people up at like 5:30 to run for an hour and then starting my day. It will be busy, but I feel so much better when I run.
Runners, how have you handled...
Teacher Question!
specialbunny:
I really want to donate some money to charity this year around the holidays… last year when facebook had that “change your picture to a cartoon for child abuse!” I donated 20 dollars to the Children’s Defense fund instead.
This year, in honor of my grandfather, I want to donate to a charity. Of course I could do the ovbious and donate to Pancreatic Cancer research, but I’d like to...
