Starting a blog in July about teaching seems pretty silly. I'm not working in schools right now, although I check into the edzapp website once a week or when friends give me a heads up.
Once I start working in the fall, I'll post more teaching related adventures, observations, and thoughts.
Why start a blog? I have been subbing for 2 years now. I work pretty regularly for one school, but am registered in three districts where I can get those oh-so-fun 5:30 am phone calls. I have been collecting "stuff" for my classroom, and have amassed about 3,oo0 books, several pieces of furniture, and boxes of lesson plans. I thought it would be good to get used to the tech-piece of teaching that is becoming an increasing part of teaching these days. Plus, my good friend said I had to... (no, I would NOT jump off a bridge if she said I should...)
Am I ready to work? Dear Lord, yes! The corner of our garage where I have all my "stuff" seems to be getting smaller (in part because of a teacher who just retired and gave me free reign to take whatever I wanted... and I did. Lucky? Yes... and no. This was a teacher I respected a lot and she will be missed. And because of budget cutbacks, they couldn't hire anyone to fill her position, but switched people around and will put 33+ kids in the classrooms this fall. (I will stay off of my soap box for now.)
So for now, hello, thanks for stopping by... let me know what you want to see here, what interests you, what doesn't... just try to avoid being rude. No name calling PLEASE!!! I am an elementary school teacher, so let's keep it PG.
Hey Babe! You are a great writer and I am looking forward to reading about your teaching adventures next year!
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