Beauty & The Beast SOL#11
I have been hearing the rehearsals for Beauty and The Beast for the past couple of months because my classroom is right next to the stage. Yesterday they did the […]
I have been hearing the rehearsals for Beauty and The Beast for the past couple of months because my classroom is right next to the stage. Yesterday they did the […]
This slice is a bit silly but it is about a topic that I’m slightly concerned about…staying connected to family, friends, and the world while I’m backpacking solo around Europe […]
One thing about teaching internationally that I didn’t know while I was still working on my masters is that international teachers are frequently required to host after school activities. Some […]
Family and friends back home frequently ask me why I stay in Venezuela. Usually my first answer is simply that I like it here. The follow up question is generally […]
On Friday my work made a couple of announcements about security: 1) Never leave your classroom door unlocked when a teacher is not present- AT ANY TIME; 2) All school events […]
I was originally very excited about going to Potosi for a couple of reasons: a) while I was in undergrad I read about women miners who were very inspiring; 2) […]
They all had their hands on their guns. There were four of them blocking the door. There was a crowd of people looking on. Then some other men wheeled out […]
Someone recently called me an “impulsive speaker”. This is probably a very accurate description of myself. I think this impulsivity began in high school when I decided to be more […]
Instead of Read Across America Day the international school that I work at (in Venezuela) calls it Read Across CIC. Last week my third grade class met the eighth graders who […]
I started writing this blog about a year ago (my first post was on February 26th, 2014. I came across a few SOLs in March 2014 and thought it sounded […]