I have a love/hate relationship with New Year’s resolutions. Every year I make them, and every year I fall short. All of the research argues that in order to achieve your goals, you should make them specific, measurable, and achievable. Good ol’ SMART Goals. But in my personal experience, those types of goals are the […]
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Hey, overachiever! Yes, you, the perfectionist who wants to do it all and then some more. The teacher who spends all her money on her classroom and all her free time searching for the most engaging way to teach (insert topic here) and all her energy on inspiring little learners. Have you done any of
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How are you feeling, teacher? Overworked? Tired? Behind? I’m here to share with you how I tamed my teacher work week and how you can easily do the same. There is hope! For years, I was that teacher up at school until the sun went down and even on weekends. I thought that if I
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This past May, I went to my son’s end-of-year class party and it’s been on my mind ever since. I’m not sure why this one stands out so much, because it’s similar to every other class party I’ve attended or held in my own classroom, but something about it just didn’t sit well. Class Party
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Summer break is a magical gift earned by teachers who have just packed a full year’s worth of work into just 8 months. I don’t know about you, but I’ve made the HUGE mistake of letting many of those summer breaks go to waste. It happens so easily! First, I’d spend a few weeks closing down my
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Alternative Title: “Why does my husband (with high school diploma) make $20,000 more than me (with Masters degree) every year?” The inconsistencies between my salary and my husband’s were bothering me for quite awhile, enough so, that one day I sat down and did the math. And what I uncovered was shockingly depressing… It all
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