Hey y'all! "We are on the verge of a collapse and they are not even trying to help us" "I left after four months of my mental health got to a dangerous place" "If I had a nickel for every parent that bullied me, I'd be able to live off my teacher salary" "I'm leaving… Continue reading The State of Education
Tag: Teaching
Teaching Update!
Hey y'all! I barely write about teaching nowadays and to be honest, I hate it. Do I want to leave the field? No but right now I'm just pushing through and just trying to make it to the end of the school year. On teacherTok (teacher content on TikTok) there are plenty of videos of… Continue reading Teaching Update!
New Year, Who This
Hey y’all! A lot of people have been asking me how I'm feeling and how do I like my new school and I don't know its just all so new for me to give like a real opinion! I will say that I guess each year I feel like I'm growing more confident as a… Continue reading New Year, Who This
How to Deal With Change
Hey y'all! So many new things have happened lately which is why I didn't have a post last week (forgive me). I basically have encountered change back to back and I won't lie it was quite overwhelming. I don't know if change is overwhelming for other people but for me? I hate it. Like I… Continue reading How to Deal With Change
Knowing Your Worth and Letting God Handle the Rest
Hey y'all! Something happened to me recently and it just made me feel much better about myself and I don't know maybe some of you are experiencing the same thing. So I went on job interview after job interview after job interview (I was leaving my school. Part of the reason can be found here… Continue reading Knowing Your Worth and Letting God Handle the Rest
Amari and the Night Brothers Book Review
Hey y'all! I'm coming at you today with a book review. Book reviews are something that I want to start doing on my site. It's no secret that I love books! I'm a writer, an English teacher and I'm a bookworm. It's actually something that I've come to embrace about myself and I'm so happy… Continue reading Amari and the Night Brothers Book Review
Year Two of Teaching is Done!
Hey y’all! Year two is officially done. We were done on Tuesday...I take that back. The student's last day was on Tuesday (May 25th) and our last day was Thursday (May 27th...at 2:00pm). This year has not been easy for a long shot. This was....such a long year it feels. Teaching already is such a… Continue reading Year Two of Teaching is Done!
My First (Kind of) Teacher’s Appreciation Week!
Hey y’all! The week of May 3rd-7th was teacher’s appreciation week! I call this my first real teacher's week because well COVID happened last year and we couldn't really celebrate like how we wanted to. I mean admin at my school did what they could but it just wasn't the same. They gave us lunch… Continue reading My First (Kind of) Teacher’s Appreciation Week!
Ugly Words
Hey y'all! Boy oh boy! Things are so crazy right now. I just had an experience recently that I've never had to deal with. Something happened at work that I definitely was not expecting, especially with it being the week of inauguration and MLK Day. To give a little background, I teach. I teach English… Continue reading Ugly Words
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