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• Student Names September 25, 2016
  I saw somewhere on the Internet News that it is a micro-aggression to mispronounce student names. I say if people would not name children with names that look like you put bits of the alphabet into a glass and poured them onto a paper randomly that I would not mispronounce them. It is very rare […]
• Fall is Here & I Love It! September 25, 2016
  Such a switch from yesterday, it's cool in the 70s today! I love how the weather starts changing from Sept to Oct. Next week will be hotter, but by the 2nd week of Oct, it will be cooler on a regular basis. I found a website that shows what the temps will be for the […]
• A Bad Situation, That I Already Want Out Of September 25, 2016
  We are on day eight of the school year. I'm teaching at a Title I, rural, middle school of about 417 students over three grades. 107 of them are in the 8th grade - most are related and all have known one another since they were toddlers. Many of them have parents who are friends […]
• Posting Survey Responses on my Website September 25, 2016
  At the end of every year, I give kids a survey about how the year went and their feelings about the class. This is completely anonymous but just helps me collect data about my practice. I'm actually pretty proud of my responses the last year, but I'm looking at the responses through the eyes of […]