May 23, 20194 minLet Me Tell YouWhat a year. What an experience. I started this job in the opening days of August 2018 as a new teacher fresh out of college at the age...
Mar 26, 20197 minWhy It Matters To MeI started off this year with 6th graders. It is my first year teaching. Some would suggest I had lost my mind. Others would say I threw...
Mar 23, 20194 minBeware The One DirectionOh my giddy aunt. I think I've had it. I'm done. I quit. I resign, effective immediately. I cannot take it anymore. What's that you...
Dec 31, 20188 minThe End and The BeginHow do you measure a year? In the now cult classic musical Rent, they measure a year in song and it's a song I start singing as the days...
Dec 10, 20184 minYou Will Hit a WallIt’s December. Two weeks to go until winter break. As a new teacher, you need to be ready for this moment. Because in this moment, you’re...
Oct 16, 20185 min61 DaysThere's plenty of markers I've made a note of in my head as my first year of teaching has hurtled along at several times the speed of...
Sep 5, 20184 minWhen @thelivbits became a mentor text in my classroomThere are moments as a teacher when you wonder if the crazy idea that pounced on you as you rolled out of bed that morning - if that...
Sep 4, 20184 minIt's been two weeks4 years and change. Endless hours of homework, essay writing, field experience hours, stress filled days of student teaching, and the...
Jul 24, 20183 minAm I Ready?Am I ready? It’s the question I’ve been asking as the countdown to that ephemeral first day of classes ticks closer and closer. It’s a...
Jun 16, 20184 minGet Back On The Bike!I have loved riding bikes since I was a little kid in Aloha, OR shredding the dust in my one gear BMX bike. I remember the Christmas...