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Diary of a First Year Teacher: June 2011

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Diary of a First Year Teacher. Friday, June 17, 2011. Reflections of an Adoring Daughter. How do you measure the life of a man? How does one choose words that will adequately convey impressions and memories? Did he end my rock polishing days and hide my tumbler? During my college years, he seemed to innately know the problems and issues I was dealing with. I mean, he KNEW. It was freaky in a way. He would always promise me, “I’m praying for you, honey.” And I knew he mea...I was frustrated and frantic&#4...

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Diary of a First Year Teacher: August 2011

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Diary of a First Year Teacher. Sunday, August 28, 2011. First Week: Cattle Herding, Wax Teeth, Students Sent Home to Certain Death, and the Ghost of Claude Monet. Friday closed the books on my first first week of school (my spelling/grammar check is having spasms right now) … it was my first foray into welcoming students in the fall. “How did it go? I’m not even sure what it means, but it just rolls right off the tongue). Back to said school scandal…. We have rights, after all! The bus is waiting for him...

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Diary of a First Year Teacher: Roses Are My Favorite

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Diary of a First Year Teacher. Saturday, January 14, 2012. Roses Are My Favorite. Did I mention that I love roses? Fifteen years ago the sweetest blossom of all time was laid in my arms. She was slimy and red and bawling her lungs out. We named her Rose. Hannah Rose. She was the culmination of our childbearing years; the youngest of four children and the only girl. I knew she would define our family in a unique way. She did. An alignment of the planets? The next day my mother gathered her courage, steele...

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Diary of a First Year Teacher: Donated Soil Samples Turn Dirty

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Diary of a First Year Teacher. Friday, January 6, 2012. Donated Soil Samples Turn Dirty. I thought I should share a few of them. A friend of a friend was commissioned to gather soil on a trip to California. My friend’s friend called my friend (still with me? While driving to make sure she had the correct details for donation requiremements. My friend could hear the other passenger in the car saying in the background, “You mean just plain old dirt? Finally, I myself have sunk to thieving lows. Yes, it...

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Diary of a First Year Teacher: Mrs. Dahl Wore Her Crabby Pants Today

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Diary of a First Year Teacher. Tuesday, January 10, 2012. Mrs Dahl Wore Her Crabby Pants Today. There is something weird going on inside The Magic Tree House. Strange little aliens that look surprisingly similar to My Darlings walk through my door in the morning and create absolute havoc for the entire day. I recognize these children but I do not know who they are. They are distracted, they are noisy, and they act as though they hear not a decibel coming from my mouth. They wore me out today. I could fee...

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Diary of a First Year Teacher: The Journey Continues...

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Diary of a First Year Teacher. Sunday, February 5, 2012. There is a powerful, life-giving current, called the Humboldt Current in the Pacific Ocean of South America. Its positive effects reach for miles to unlikely places and in unlikely ways. These are my education goals for the children I teach on the North Dakota prairie - fall in love with learning, then go change your world…. I cordially invite you to join me for the next chapter. Http:/ humboldtdiaries.blogspot.com/. View my complete profile.

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Diary of a First Year Teacher: The End, The Beginning

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Diary of a First Year Teacher. Thursday, January 19, 2012. The End, The Beginning. Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of my first day of teaching. On January 18, 2011, I became the first grade teacher in a tiny school on the prairie of North Dakota. If you Google Earth our location, you would just need to type the words “middle of nowhere” and our town would pop right up. I’ll retrace my steps of yesterday morning so that you can celebrate properly with me. Here’s how it really went down…. Husband sa...

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Diary of a First Year Teacher: A Disturbance in The Force

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Diary of a First Year Teacher. Wednesday, January 4, 2012. A Disturbance in The Force. I’m back. Back to school, back to blogging, back to hitting “snooze” at four am. It’s all good. I am thrilled to be back in the teaching saddle. I missed these kids, darn it! Don’t get me wrong. I loved every glorious moment of my Christmas break. Loved and gloried in the daily reminder that teaching runs on the most amazing schedule imaginable. I had eleven days to myself over the holidays. Eleven days! Yesterday afte...

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Diary of a First Year Teacher: July 2011

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Diary of a First Year Teacher. Monday, July 25, 2011. I don’t mean that life is melancholy or depressing when one is gone for a while. While I miss that person, I also know that their opportunity to experience new things and meet new people is irreplaceable in a kid’s life. I welcomed those opportunities for my children. You can’t know ahead of time. It must be proved as he is living out his journey. 8221; The answer to my own question hit me with force. I had spent the last 18 years of his life pour...

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Diary of a First Year Teacher: February 2012

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Diary of a First Year Teacher. Sunday, February 5, 2012. There is a powerful, life-giving current, called the Humboldt Current in the Pacific Ocean of South America. Its positive effects reach for miles to unlikely places and in unlikely ways. These are my education goals for the children I teach on the North Dakota prairie - fall in love with learning, then go change your world…. I cordially invite you to join me for the next chapter. Http:/ humboldtdiaries.blogspot.com/. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).