My abuser used to threaten to kill me and my family for being a Spanish teacher. He said I was “part of the problem with this country” and was “just as bad as *them*.” One time, my abuser and I were on a walk around where I lived at the time, which coincidentally was inContinue reading “my abuser used to threaten me for being a teacher & now I get thanked profusely for it”
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What the future holds
Sometimes I feel like I’m so ready to be done with teaching. And other times I feel like, how could I ever give this up? And that’s just the reality of it. I love being a teacher. And I’m good at it. Like really good at it. Like, hypothetically, if my school were to beContinue reading “What the future holds”
Columbine
I’m applying for jobs because I need to gtfo of my current school (don’t worry, we’ll go into that). I had an interview on Thursday and spoiler alert: I didn’t get the job, but tbh that’s fine. I applied Wednesday morning (the last day before the application closed), they called me that afternoon and askedContinue reading “Columbine”
Starbucks
Ok let me get into the zone as I write this. I’m going to Starbucks tomorrow morning. Not for me (well ok I’ll obvi get myself a drink too) but I’m getting a drink for one of my students. We have a new PBIS system at school and my students are working H.A.R.D. to earnContinue reading “Starbucks”
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