Reflections
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Keep The Character: When Teaching Children or Refinishing Furniture, Look For Individuality
For many teachers, the summer is a time of rest, to vacation with or without family, and perhaps, a time to reflect. For me, summer is a time to work with my hands, to get splinters, to get dirty in a garden, and to see the fruits of my labor as I work with a Continue reading
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The Timeless Death of an Innocent Childhood
My students graduated yesterday morning. My family cracked open our first watermelon of summer and I was instantly transported back to my childhood, my grandparent’s house, and summers filled with more watermelon than my stomach wanted to hold. Did you really have a childhood if you did not have a watermelon stomachache? As I was Continue reading
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Learning from the Best
A recent conversation with my husband ended with him saying, “You really learned a lot from your own teachers as a student but also from teachers as a teacher.” As much as it pains me to say, he is right. A quick review of my own learning led me to a list of some amazing Continue reading
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The Lasting Impact of an Amazing Mentor
My relationship with “Doc” began when I went to work for her in the fall of 2011. I was immediately intimidated, not only to be teaching under a phenomenal teacher turned administrator who, still taught like a boss, but because she had a no-nonsense air about her that reminded you, she could see through all… Continue reading
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Children Outside The Box
I wish I had a list of famous women to draw inspiration from when I was that child who was in trouble just for being herself. If I could go back in time and sit down with her, I would tell her to not worry about the inability to fit in the box others wanted… Continue reading
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The Motivating Power of Rejection
I had never been an all-A student or admitted into any kind of honor anything, so these were huge accomplishments for me. I must say, I credit the advisor who first rejected me for the motivation I needed to push myself to my academic best. Maybe I will send her a thank you note. Continue reading
Education, etc. 