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Thoughts Before the Election
I grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania. I feel like the education system was good and I was privileged to have a comfortable upbringing with a supportive family. My family was pretty open about their opinions and beliefs, but one thing we never really talked about was politics.…
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My Fifth Teaching Job for the Year
I’ve already written posts about all of my different teaching positions, and how I moved from role to role, but this year has been a hot mess. Not only have I been moved around, but I’ve mentally prepared for having five different roles for the 2020-2021 school year. The Roles…
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I Survived the Attacks of September 11th, 2001
One of the most pivotal events to occur in my lifetime was September 11th. Even though I was only six years old–just a little girl in first grade–I still remember pieces of that day. The attacks on the World Trade Center not only horrified the country in 2001, but it…
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Making a Class Site
I feel like I have spent a lot of time talking about teaching lately, but I think it’s really important with how much teaching has changed in the past few months. This is only my fourth year of teaching, but things have changed so rapidly that it has felt like…
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Just Another 2020 Curve-ball
This year has definitely been one for the books–and that’s not really a good thing. So many major events have happened this year, that it’s hard to believe it all happened in just eight months. The major topic of the year is the pandemic. So many things have been happening…
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I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005
One of the most popular historical fiction series for kids is the I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis. Tarshis travels back in time to important events in history, and tells us a fictional tale of what the event might have been like. This time, I read about an event that took place…
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Teaching During COVID
The Shut Down Back in March, the country seemed to shut down overnight. People were told to stay home for a couple of weeks due to the virus that was sweeping across the United States. Little did we know, two weeks would turn into several months–with no end in sight.…
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Transitioning from Georgia to Ohio
After my first year of teaching, Jeremy and I started the transition from Georgia to Ohio. I wasn’t excited to be moving back to where it’s colder, but I was excited to live in Columbus. The move itself was a lot less stressful than the one from Pennsylvania to Georgia,…
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Concentration Camps in China
The other day, I watched a John Oliver episode that horrified me. In this episode, he talked about the camps that are in China, and who’s being held in them. I vaguely remembered listening to podcasts last year about the subject, so I decided that I wanted to dig deeper…
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The Rocky Move to Atlanta
Moving to a new state had been something that I dreamed about, long before I decided to actually do it. I had the wonderful opportunity to travel while in college, and I loved seeing how different life would be even moving across a state border. Both my husband and I…
