Category: Self reflection

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Dear First Year Teacher Me- A Letter to First Year Me From 20th Year Me

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Dear First Year Me, It's the day before school starts on the 20th year of your career. Looking back on all that time, there are some things I wish you would have known as you embark on the very first year. Get ready for a bumpy ride. Finding out that you were pregnant two days… Continue reading Dear First Year Teacher Me- A Letter to First Year Me From 20th Year Me

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I Don’t Even Know Why I Teach: Defining My Teaching Philosophy

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This coming school year will be my 20th as a teacher. Wow. I came to education in a very unconventional way. I was a psychology major at A & M, and I had my sites firmly set on a degree in psychology which I would then use to become an FBI profiler (I was heavily… Continue reading I Don’t Even Know Why I Teach: Defining My Teaching Philosophy