Welcome to my page devoted to education! Here you will find fun, inspirational stories about my day to day experiences as a 7th grade teacher. I promise that I will try my hardest not to rant, although I can’t make any promises about sarcasm. I definitely see many imperfections when it comes to our current educational system, but I also find glimmers of hope within my day to day interactions with students. America’s youth are NOT broken, I can guarantee you that the kids are not the problem. Actually, the kids are alright. Ha ha, get it? OK- check out the column on the right for some of my thoughts and experiences with the Youth of America…
Snow Day

Snow Day

http://https://www.flickr.com/photos/simon__syon/6715901915/in/photolist-besKEk-9a269D-dAFyjY-dNLPvg-iHX5ks-by2FzZ-a1dNJ2-dMZeqc-dEE12H-cid8tW-bezxut-9aLqi3-dBbBmz-biCGTt-dBnP5T-is3wLs-dB3tXn-dC4v4Q-iuC2R2-9rkWVT-iSKJsM-9r7f5o-brD6EH-bh6VA4-qzGLkA-jjhHhZ-pVokdH-nzapc8-dNxcVW-aTF8uB-hWEFsy-dMF4vq-dCKsKt-5FYX5a-65fTkx-bNXHB-kbx3B3-bDD4SZ-dPipY3-CRCWc-hVym2E-e6c9Cx-9wHeav-95cLR5-5Qdma5-5Kprcq-dShuXw-8W9Thw-92Q8oH-bk8gpd I think a lot of people are jealous or resentful of teachers who get snow days. It’s always easy to point a finger and accuse people who look like they “have it easy.” Actually, there are many instances in my own life that I can remember pointing the “easy” finger. I used to think that stay at home moms had it easy. I thought that people who sat in offices staring at a computer monitor all day had it easy. I thought my dog walker had it easy. But when I really think about it and reflect on the word “easy,” I think about moms who want to tear their hair out because they’ve been cooped up all day (or all week) with small children. I think about my husband in his former office job, working his hardest only to get nowhere. I think about walking my own dog and how insane she becomes when she sees a squirrel and I remember how much I dread walking her myself. I will admit, I do still think there are some people who have it easy. I’m not going to be unrealistic and claim that our burdens are equal, because they most definitely are not. I will tell you that the vast majority of people you encounter on a daily basis don’t have it easy. OK? OK. In the past twenty four hours I’ve done my fair share of lesson planning, paperwork, and emailing. I’ve been able to do so from the comfort of my own home, which is fortunate, so maybe I’m lucky in that regard. But I will...