140 Kids

A blog about my life as a teacher of 100+ high school students and mom to two rambunctious little ones.

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Glass House Memoirs

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Marc and I are watching Fat Kid Rules the World.  If you haven't seen it, it's a really funny movie about a fat kid who is about to ...
Saturday, February 1, 2014

Arts and Leadership

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I haven't blogged much lately, and I have been trying to think of why. Truth be told, I have started blogs many times that I haven't...
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

2013: Journeying along the road to freedom

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At the end of last year , as I did the usual retrospective and introspection that most of us do going into a new year, I pondered a question...
Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Simple Christmas

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I haven't blogged much the past few months.  I've been busy enjoying life, which just feels great. One of my main goals for 2013...
Friday, October 11, 2013

Fall Break

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So, it is fall break for me (we get a week off from school half way through the semester), which is a beautiful thing.  We didn't hav...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

I'm different this year...

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At the beginning of my last semester of my graduate program, one of the professors kept saying that as soon as we finish this program, we ar...
Sunday, August 25, 2013

Blue Roses

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      So, the mystery of my month of health issues has been illuminated.  I finally got in to see the doctor  on Thursday. Note -- I was no...
Sunday, August 18, 2013

Where did August go?

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I cannot believe the last time I wrote it was the day before school started... in July!  This month has flown by. So, where has it gone?  ...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013

The First Day of School

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     Tomorrow is my first day of school.  It will be interesting to see how much I have grown from my 140 kids when I first started this blo...
Thursday, July 18, 2013

Rejection x3 (and moving on...)

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I wanted to make this say to the third power, because emotionally it feels exponential, but I couldn't figure out how to make blogger do...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Summer

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Ah, how much I enjoy summer.  I cannot believe July is here already (and that my summer break is almost half over)!  We've had a wonde...
Saturday, June 15, 2013

Goodbye to my amazing students... hello summer!

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Wow, I am shocked yet not at all surprised that I haven't blogged since graduation in May. June FLEW by as I wrapped up things with dram...
Saturday, May 25, 2013

Transitioning to Decision Making

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   This week, I graduated with my Masters in English Education.  I have been overwhelmed with the support of my family and friends as they ...
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I am a high school English teacher, and mother of two charming little ones of my own. I teach in a high poverty urban charter school, while I live in a typical American suburb that has frequently been rated one of the safest cities in the country. It is a paradox I struggle with constantly, but it is my life.
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