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Canyou believe I have the flu? First bronchitis and now the flu. And I got a flu shot! I hate being sick! I was up all night dealing with disgusting flu symptoms which are slow to go away. One of the worst things about illness, however, is the guilt that accompanies missing a day [...]
Filed by rsmith at January 24th, 2007 under personal
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We have to go through so much to become certified. How is it, then, that we are constantly told how to do our jobs? And many times the mandates we’re given are reactive, as opposed to proactive.
Why does it seem that no one ever takes the time to look at what we’re really doing in [...]
Filed by rsmith at January 23rd, 2007 under Education
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It’s a 60% chance of snow, and supposed to fall down some time after midnight- yes! My students told me that if you sleep with your pajamas inside out and put a spoon under your pillow, then the snow fairies will see to it that school is cancelled. It’s so funny how students think their [...]
Filed by rsmith at January 18th, 2007 under Education, personal
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Could mid-terms be any more stressful? The students are nervous and feel frazzled, but the teachers are even more so. I was feeling so isolated and alone, drowning in the amount of work I have to do, when I came upon another miserable soul who has also dedicated her life to teaching. “How can I [...]
Filed by rsmith at January 17th, 2007 under Education, personal
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We’re beginning the novel, The Things They Carried, by Tim O’brien, tomorrow. Today, to introduce the novel to my students, we discussed Vietnam. I was suprised at just how little my students knew about this war. There was a lot of confusion about whether or not the war was in Vietnam or in Asia, believe [...]
Filed by rsmith at January 17th, 2007 under Education
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