Category Archives: school

Partially Employed

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Laura

Thanks for your prayers everyone.  My interview on Monday at the middle school went really well and Tuesday morning, they offered me the job.   I only have to go there on B days so that means I’ll be there two … Continue reading →

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Prayers

Posted on May 31, 2009 by Laura

Hello my dear family and friends.  I ask your prayers today and this week for two things. 1.  I have two interviews this week:  one, on Monday, at a middle school for a half-time position.  It’s a nice school (and … Continue reading →

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Some random thoughts and an announcement at the end

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Laura

Inspired by Zona, here are some random thoughts that will likely never be developed into full blog posts so let’s just get them out there, right? Making bread is hard…I’m trying the “Artisan Bread in 5 minutes a day” method … Continue reading →

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You know it’s a good day when…

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Laura

all morning, some of your students play games, others watch a movie, others play games on the computer, and you read a novel…and you won’t’t get in trouble if the principal walked in, because it’s all legal and sanctioned. But, … Continue reading →

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Thank You

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Laura

Thank you for praying.  My student is OK although after the end of this week, the student won’t be attending our school anymore.  I think the student is going to be OK. I understand why revenge killings happen.  Because you … Continue reading →

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New Life and Prayer for a student

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Laura

It’s spring and as I type, I hear and see signs of new life.  The birds are so happy to be home and I’m happy to hear them!  The snow has melted, the daffodils are surging skyward, and our windows … Continue reading →

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Crazy Day

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Laura

Today was a crazy day.  One of my students stole a very large sum of money from another ESOL student.  I have both students in the same class. Needless to say, we didn’t get a ton of thing done this … Continue reading →

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Never promise feedback the next day unless you know you can follow through

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Laura

That’s a lesson I learned early on.  As in, never promise, “I’ll have your tests graded by tomorrow” unless you’re sure you can do it.  As in, don’t promise, “I’ll post the answers tomorrow” when you’re making dinner for someone … Continue reading →

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School is in session

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Laura

I’ll give you a A+ if you can figure out which three verbs I was trying to illustrate with these pictures. I just finished making a worksheet for my students about the multiple meanings of words and couldn’t find anything … Continue reading →

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I almost got salmonella

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Laura

On Monday, I was at school until 6:00 because I had my last formal observation for the year on Tuesday.  (It went fine, by the way.) So I was on my way home, starving (OK fine, really hungry) and also … Continue reading →

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