Become a more confident language teacher.
“I’m just going to cry for a few minutes.” I was laying in bed last night after saying one of the hardest goodbyes of this transition and feeling pretty sad. So I forewarned my husband that the tears were going to start flowing…and they did. And through my tears, I said, “It’s not that I…
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I went to Walmart the other day to buy toilet paper and popsicles. It was the first time that I had been in our local Walmart in…a very long time. I grabbed the goods and joined the shortest checkout line. Two customers in front of me, my former principal was checking out. I hadn’t seen…
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Do you want to know what Michele Whaley did yesterday? She took a personal day to attend an Alaska Native Studies conference that I roped her into attending with me. A personal day–you know, one of those days that allows you to go get a mani/pedi when you’re supposed to be at work? I didn’t…
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You’re not crazy; you read the title correctly. This post has nothing to do with World Languages, but it DOES have to do with teaching! While y’all are home twiddling your thumbs over break (ha, ha), why not stock up on some freezer meals to make your life a little easier once the new semester…
Read MoreHello dear friends! I returned this morning at 3:00am to Alaska after 3.5 weeks away from home. My kids were with grandparents in NY while I traveled to iFLT and NTPRS, and my husband joined us for the last bit of our trip for much needed time with family. It was lovely to live in make-believe-land…
Read MorePart of the conversation during #langchat on Thursday night talked about how it is important that we be “real” with our students. In the same vein, I am going to be real with y’all. My last amazing Grandpa, Henricus Josefus vanLieshout, died at the ripe old age of 93 in the early morning of December 31.…
Read MoreWhen you know that you should say “no” to something, it’s best to just say “NO!”, no matter how guilty you feel for doing it. Just five weeks into the school year, my job is not working out for my family. The boys haven’t been sleeping, so my sister started watching them. Then, she got a…
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