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Sunday, February 18, 2018

The Workload Was Eating Me Up

I started every college semester feeling incredibly overwhelmed. To come back from a nice break to a workload felt jarring. The professors would go over their course syllabuses while I would be wondering how I was going to have the time to do anything. I felt like I was going to have to make an... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 12, 2018

Waterloo McJanet

It was during sixth grade when my middle school got an instant messaging service called Waterloo McJanet. I was familiar with instant messaging thanks to AOL. To me, McJanet was very primitive. At AOL, you could talk to people who signed on after you logged in. With McJanet, both correspondents had... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 11, 2018

I Want to Do It All

Phase II of student teaching only required the students to teach on their own for two weeks at each placement. When Sally had asked me how much I wanted to teach during Phase II, I said I wanted to teach the whole semester with all of her sections. We had that conversation during Phase I the prior... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 5, 2018

"Pardon My Language"

I had a nice Super Bowl party yesterday. Dad, Jessica, and Jessica's boyfriend, Carlton all attended. Here is a funny moment from the party. "The NFL allows players with criminal records?" Jessica asked when the topic came up. "Pardon my language," Dad said, "but shit, yeah." Recommended Reading A... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 4, 2018

Stressed Sally

My middle school placement mentor, Sally Warner, was under a lot of stress. The biggest stresser at the time was that her five-year-old daughter had juvenile arthritis. So her daughter was dealing with a lot of physical problems and pain. To make matters worse, trying to find the right medication... Sign in to see full entry.

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