December 2011
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And you may tire of me, as our December sun is...
“Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody.”
– Stephen Chbosky (via thinkofmekindly)
There ain't no place like Home for the Holidays.
After dragging my sorry, busted ass to work this morning and totally zombi-ing through the day, my Christmas vacation began.
I went into school this morning with nothing.
I came out with 4 books to read over break, a piercing migrane from students, and a bill from Rowan for $3,000.
Seeking refuge from home I remembered that my mother (who typically works during the day) had taken the day off...
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To the Boy I Could Never Write About
Love; it will not betray you
Dismay or enslave you, it will set you free
Be more like the man you were made to be
Whenever I listen to this album I avoid from the beginning to the end I think of cornfields, cigars, Maryland, and us.
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“I wrote the way I wept, and danced, and made love.”
– Jimmy Santiago Baca
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is a slug a bug?
5th Grader: Ms. Megan, what's a slug?
Me: Well, it's like a very slow, slimy bug
5th Grader: So like a snail?
Me: Well, yes but without a shell.
5th Grader: So, like a naked snail?
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Teaching Chronicles: Chapter 1 : Wait...you want...
I’m surpised I’m still standing right now.
If you enjoy finding the humor in a person’s demise, then please. Read on.
Tuesday:
8:00 AM - Receive call from Principal. “Hi Megan, do you have any commitments right now? Can you come to my office around 9?”
Inner Thoughts: Commitments? Um, yeah like maybe TEACHING? It’s in the middle of the school day.
Actual...
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I haven’t blogged in over a month.
I’ve started a new job in the admissions department in a vocational school. It’s a mostly administration-like position with a little special ed instrution sprinkled within. I am the youngest in my department by at least 25 yrs. And although the workload is way less and the pay is the same, I miss classroom teaching every day.
I’ve also...
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“There is light in both the broken glass and in the diamond.”
– Mark Neppo