When you’re a teacher, the little things really go a long way. I suddenly appreciate treating myself to dinner at Chipotle with my friend on the way to grad class. I smile every time I look at the daises that my student brought me for Teacher Appreciation Week. Somehow, I think a little bit out [...]
Archive for the ‘On a personal note’ Category
29 Apr
An Elephant Never Forgets: stealing, bad luck or some of both?
With the arrival of 90 degree weather, it seems as if the forecast just suddenly decided to flip on us. It’s as if we cut straight from winter into summer overnight. One day, I’m wearing a scarf to keep me warm while jaywalking across the Pike and then the next, my students and I [...]
19 Feb
Will you go out with me?
4 Yes
4 No
2 Maybe
I am close to making a commitment. One of many commitments that I will have to face in the next several years. Woe and bliss are impending life decisions.
Side note: I just sent a letter to Penn Law, but they wanted it via email. Do you know that feeling of incredible anxiety [...]
19 Dec
Happy Holidays
It’s on days like this that I know that I’m slightly off my rocker. I thought about how I’m leaving Friendship Collegiate next year and my students that I will have taught for 2 years. Class of 2011. And I wanted to stay..
Lest we forget the God forsaken building that flooded last week and didn’t [...]
28 Sep
Catharsis.
- I feel sad when I think that I’ve let a student down. Our entire school had to make some schedule changes 6 weeks into the school year and now I’ve lost some students from my class. Some I was having a hard time connecting with and others I had already connected with. The change [...]
24 Jun
23 is MJ’s number.
Has one year really gone by? It has. I thought I would do a better job keeping tabs on the eventfulness of my daily happenings on this wordpress, but I find myself updating in huge chunks and leaving out a lot of juicy details in between. Sometimes I wish I could savor every moment because [...]
12 Jun
Munchies
As I sit here in my classroom munching on some crackers and hummus and some Barnum’s Animal Crackers thinking about what I should do next today since the grade book is down. Oh, my student just walked in and handed in an extremely late assignment. Well, I’ll take it. Have a nice summer DeMour, see [...]
24 Feb
Whims.
I think I might miss Xanga.
Real post to follow…sometime soon. I know I owe a Part II post. Which also, in turn, means that I owe a Part III post. Owing = no good (usually). Owning = good (usually, or at least it’s usually better than owing).
Funny how one letter can create [...]
11 Feb
Part I
So it all began when all 150 some odd corps members, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed returned from training in Philadelphia back for orientation in DC. I was on the Metro and a random man sitting near me struck up a conversation with me. Once he figured out that I was a teacher, he [...]
4 Feb
Bringing on the Asian Factor to Inner-city DC
Good morning class. My name is Ms. Lee. It’s so wonderful to have you all here with me and I’m really excited to start our year together. So a little about myself. I am a Korean-American. I was born in California, moved to Texas until I graduated from high school [...]
