Tag: Teaching
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For New Teachers – It’s Not Easy to Work Within Contract Hours
Over the weekend, I was sent a podcast clip of a group of educators discussing tips they had for new teachers. I appreciated the nuanced approach to the tired argument that new teachers need to learn to work in their “contracted hours”. This is all too familiar. When I entered the classroom in 2015, veteran […]
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For the English Teachers Who Struggle with Writing
My name is Patrick and I’m an English Language Arts teacher that is insecure about his writing. Am I out here by myself? I fell in love with writing in the fourth grade. Hyped up from my trip to Blockbuster, gathering all the movies I could hold in my small hands. I knew I was […]
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A Lasting Shadow
Who knew that my 25th cycle around the Earth would leave such a lasting shadow? I took a social media break for three weeks because I had reached rock bottom and looking at yall’s lives wasn’t making it any better. My goal on my break was to take full advantage of the silence that already […]
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Thank U, TFA
I arrived to D.C. in the middle of June. Not long after I’d given my college graduation commencement speech, I packed my bags to take a leap on faith. I’d supposed to stay in Michigan and finish out the traditional route: move back home, complete my year-long student teaching, and obtain my Michigan certification. But it […]