Good Friday
This is a poem-sermon I first heard two years ago. It has no connection to teaching or education (except in a grand, cosmic sense I suppose), but after a physically and mentally draining month, it's a...
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It's not quite dark on Sunday evening, but I've already finished all my planning, copying, grading, and data tracking for tomorrow. This is a very novel experience, even as a second-year teacher, so...
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I drafted a lengthy, pensive yet optimistic, I-can't-believe-it's-already-the-end-of-May kind of blog entry during my prep today... and then period 6-7 happened. It was, without a doubt, the most...
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Over the past month, I've begun drafting three entries on this blog and another two on my private blog. Only one has made it past a few sentences. This is a testament to the disjointedness of my...
View ArticleThe Role of Parents
The longer I am in teaching, the more I feel that the biggest factor in (the vast majority of) students' academic success is their parents. Â Although there have been instances where a teacher or other...
View ArticleTwo years
The school year is almost over. This week is reserved for underclassmen finals, and grades are due by next Monday, which means most students will stop showing up after that. Last Saturday was...
View ArticleCommencement
Hello world! I'm back from a three month long blogging hiatus, during which I:finished the school year in Providence, said goodbye to my colleagues, friends, students, and packed my life into four...
View ArticleMaking a statement
MH was an enigma. On paper, he seemed like a model student: 3.73 GPA, 1400 SAT score, 92% attendance. But in person, he was distant, sarcastic, and noncommittal. When asked about his personal life or...
View ArticleMixed feelings
I love college access work. I love watching mindsets about postsecondary education evolve over time. I love that it's my job to sit down one-on-one with students and listen to their stories, their...
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It has been a very long time since I last posted on this blog. Toward the beginning of the 2013-2014 school year, my inactivity was mostly self-imposed â I had transitioned to a new college access...
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