March 2011
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You cast a wide net, use your best bait and hope for the best. But even if you catch something, sometimes it’s just too small and you gotta throw it back.
Got offered a job to teach preschool today. Had to turn it down because it would be financially ridiculous for me to take it. I told the director that I would make more money subbing for one day than I would working for her school for a...
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Other people may be experiencing March Madness, but since San Diego State got eliminated this week, I’m trapped in this limbo where baseball hasn’t started and football’s a hot mess so I’m feeling sports withdrawals. My fantasy basketball season is almost over and my fantasy baseball draft is tomorrow so I’m baking scones for a birthday brunch, working on my draft...
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As a Youngstorytellers mentor, the goal is to guide the students into turning their ideas into a play. Since I’m a control freak/teacher/bossy know-it-all, I knew it would be tough not to inject my own crazy ideas into my mentee’s play in case hers turned out to be disjointed or worse, boring. I spent the whole session in awe of her imagination and creativity. Here’s what...
One of the reasons I was ready to leave the classroom was that it felt like a merry-go-round. Fun, in its own way, but everything was repetitive and continuous. The kids changed and in my case, so did the staff and the principals, but it was safe and easy and comforting.
Now career-wise, it’s all a roller coaster. It’s exciting and fun in a very different way, but I think I may be...
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Subbed for a class today where the students had jobs like “police”, “trash” and “sweeper”. I was appalled, but they were adamant about doing their jobs, so I let them.
Saw a kid who wasn’t wearing green and instead of pinching him (which would have technically been wrong), I informed his classmates about it so they could pinch him.
Took my students...
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TGI-Tuesday! I’ve appointed this my fun day since I have YSF in the middle of it.
Found a new favorite icebreaker game today-Assassins. ‘Nuff said.
Although I didn’t get to be an assassin, I did get to act out two overly dramatic deaths during the course of the game.
My mentee’s play may involve breakdancing hot dogs who eat pancakes, pandas, a world of meat, Brazil, a...
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Checked my email tonight and found a longer, more irksome version of this letter:
Dear NFL fan,
The proposal we made included an offer to narrow the player compensation gap that existed in the negotiations by splitting the difference; guarantee a reallocation of savings from first-round rookies to veterans and retirees without negatively affecting compensation for rounds 2-7; no compensation...
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Felt like a celebrity of sorts today. Lynwood has a 5 mile square radius, so the odds of this are fairly high since I taught there forever and I look pretty much the same as I did 10 years ago. Thanks, Asian genes!
The Cynthia I used to know was sweet, shy and a typical 8 year old girly girl when she was in my class. I saw her today and she towered over me (which isn’t saying much since...
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Someone once said that your job should be something you would do even if you didn’t get paid for it. For most of my 8 years as an elementary school teacher, I felt exactly this way. I didn’t care if I was working 12-18 hours (teaching/lesson planning/grading/etc) every day because I loved it that much. That last year of teaching, the feeling started to fade and I moved on. Fate and a...
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I was hoping that the CBA would be figured out by tonight so I could spend my weekend rejoicing in the fact that my beloved NFL will be back this fall. Alas, they opted for a 24 hour extension which makes me think that hopes of something working out are not completely dead.
I love baseball, but as a Padres fan living in Dodgers/Angels land, I get to see my boys play 8-12 games a season on TV....
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If someone had asked me how my day was, today my answer would have been “Wonderful!”, “Awesome!”, “Fantabulous!” or some other positive exclamation.
I kind of got three jobs today-one as a mentor/tutor for foster kids, another writing lesson plans for an education resource company and a subbing gig which could last for awhile. My current tutoring gig is almost...
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