DIane, what great goals these are! As you might have seen in my post, I think that goals become elusive for people when they are to abstract. I really love how these goals are specific and measurable. For […]
Riding a carousel is fun, the first few loops around. As you spin and spin, reliving the same scenery as you whirl around a rotating center, the journey loses a little bit of its charm. The journey of Catherine […]
I think it is the spontaneity and unexpectedness in which one’s life changes that makes hitting the jackpot so appealing. We enter casinos, buy raffle chances, and play the lottery for the mere chance of getting […]
I am glad to take any suggestions on this one, wise classmates, since I am absolutely horrible at balancing work and family. Even as I write this, it is Saturday night and my boyfriend is sitting on the couch next […]
Isn’t that amazing!? I became a year-round soccer fan during the World Cup 1998 when my dad spent the whole month screaming at the TV cheering on Portugal and Argentina (his birth country and the country of his […]
Korea is definitely on my list as well. I have had many Korean friends in my life, and their passion for their culture is contagious. Many of my students are also Korean and I love watching their proud […]
This post was a great insight into your fascinating history and the impact that a great teacher can have on a young child. Although I didn’t mention it in my post, it was Mrs. Bice’s first day at St. […]
If you haven’t already discovered this through the progression of my blogs, I am a very black and white person. I wouldn’t set a goal if I believed it to be impossibly elusive. My motto is underpromise, and […]
Part of what makes travel so exhilarating for me is the sense of escape, albeit temporarily, from reality and the norms that dictate everyday life. For its unique culture so different than my own, I would love to […]
As a new and developing educator, I think of the teachers I have had along my educational career on a daily basis. In particular, finding myself in a middle school, I can’t help but recall Mrs. Bice, my middle […]
I think that as girls, we could write a whole SERIES of books dedicated to the topic of scheming and dreaming about developing relationships. Your post made me realize that this is really a market with […]
I’m a big believer in putting things into the universe that you desire to concretize into reality. Teachers, professors, mentors, friends, and any lowly soul who has become a willing ear over the seemingly endless […]
It is interesting for me to read your writing on the topic of high school, since we went to the same school at pretty much the same time. I particularly agree that the guidance department was very […]
What this post may lack in pride, it compensates for in honesty. As much as I would like to compare myself to the dynamic Lucy Ricardo of I Love Lucy, or the subversive Mrs. Doubtfire of the eponymous film, in my […]
Clearly, I am a huge foodie! I love exploring new cultures through food, both directly when I travel and here in the wonderful multicultural city that we live in. I was raised as an adventurous eater, […]
This post shows how big your heart is. You are kind, gentle soul and I know that you are a wonderful teacher. Your passion for changing what seems to be, by your description, a very broken orphanage […]
