Spring is always full. Somehow it’s already the last quarter of the school year and time for short sleeves and not being able to breathe through my nose. I ordered my first iced coffee of the year a couple of…
Endnote
It’s time for my annual New Year’s reflection post again somehow. This is the first that’s not bookended by piles of snow taller than I am. 2015 was crammed too full. I got my wisdom teeth removed almost exactly…
Wilderness Adventures
I’ve made it through an entire quarter. Report cards are out, and no parent has called to yell at me (yet). No one has dropped out, and I’ve only considered kicking students out of my class a few times. Marks…
Fall
I’ve been teaching for six weeks now, which means it’s been six weeks since I’ve written one creative word. Which effectively makes me feel like a crazy person. My parents brought my bed up a few weeks ago. I now…
In a Sudden Turn of Events
I got an email from one school last Monday to arrange phone and Skype interviews. I got a phone call from the second school on Tuesday. They wanted an in-person interview. “School starts on Monday so…Can you be here tomorrow?”…
As of Late
Exactly a week after I got home in May, I got a phone call from the English Chair at a high school in New York City. “We’d like you to come in to interview in person as soon as possible,”…
