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Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:11:48 -0400

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I am really putting myself out there with this one.

yeahwriters: doubledaybooks: Loving this punctuation...

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:19:37 -0500

doubledaybooks:

Loving this punctuation personality chart.

Can someone please make an animated video that involves a bunch of puncuation going to a party? And I want to be the voice of the semicolon.

heygirlteacher: Hey Coach. (Submission: Kelsey) I love it...

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:18:26 -0500

heygirlteacher:

Hey Coach. (Submission: Kelsey)

I love it because it says coach!

Check in.

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:11:41 -0500

SO yea. Im on here like never…

Work has been fine. Winter break was amazing and I really needed it. Although I am now at the point where I dont know which day it is and in which week. It comes with the territory I suppose.

Basketball is good. We have won 1 game and lost 1. It is awesome considering last year the girls only won 3games all season… We have great potential and a passionate pair of coaches. :D

hello stranger.

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 20:39:45 -0500

Well- It has been quite a while. I wish I was better at updating this thing this school year. When I get home from work, I am really bogged down some personal things I have going on in my life.

Work is reallt stressful too. I feel like the expectations placed on teachers this year (at least at my school) is ridiculous and impossible. I am a special ed teacher, not a wizard. And as much as I would like to, I cannot move mountains. Especially when the kids aren’t always willing…

BUT- on a more positive note—- I LOVE coaching basketball. It is a nice break away from my sped students. We lost out first game by only 4 points!!!!! The we WON our second game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now, winning for out team is a massive feat, for those of you who was not at any of out many lost games last year. I am one proud coach.

ALSO- I am on winter break. Now, I thought I would have time to relax and my stress level would go down… it hasn’t yet. i am hoping that once CHristmas happens I will finally be able to breathe. :)

Wow tumblr. It has been a while.

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:55:35 -0500

Yea- I have been sucking at keeping up this school year.

Lots going on in life… hmmm. Where to start.

Work is a pain in the butt but I am coaching girls basketball and I LOVE it. It seriously keeps me wanting to go to work. I think we have a pretty solid team though our teams in the past have been known on campus for not being the best. Either way, the girls are AWESOME. and they call me coach. Best. title. ever.

Start of the second year

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:49:01 -0400

well it has been a while but I am back.

Here is a recap of my 2nd year of teaching, thus far:

Still the youngest on staff. :D
My 8 grade class is ridiculous. Their behavior… I can’ even get into it right now.
A teacher told me I was one of the best SPED teachers at the school.
My supervisor is still bragging about the awesome things I did last year.
I am no longer teaching Read 180 but am expected (I think) to teach straight curriculum in my resource class.
I am the girls basketball coach and we start in 2 weeks with conditioning.
My facilitator said I am fun when not stressed… GOAL: be more fun and less stressed.
I can really feel the pieces fitting together this year in a way that I could never fit them together last year.
I have all new ideas.

theyuniversity: Source: imgur So funny!!

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:47:30 -0400

theyuniversity:

Source: imgur

So funny!!

The most amazing moment I have had as a teacher

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 21:19:15 -0400

Last period of the school year. Last 2 minutes of class. I’m chatting with my students and one of my 8th graders asks,” Ms. Freer, could I get a hug from you.”

I was shocked. But I love my 8th graders so much of course I said yes. The bell rang and we did one of those side hugs that middle schoolers do… then another 8th grader comes up to me and gives me a hug too! NOT JUST ANY KID. This kid hates the school, hates reading, and for most of the year has had a piss-poor attitude.

AND HE GAVE ME A HUG.

My heart melted into a big puddle of teacher goo.

Best. Moment. All. Year.

Sidenote: This kid also said I was the coolest teacher he had in his life. :) AND he wrote that in my yearbook.

I hope they come to visit next year…

Things I've learned about teaching...

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 01:09:17 -0400

1. Kids are smart… Even the least of them.
2. Something as simple as swag can stay in your memory the longest.
3. Kids remember all your embarrassing moments
4. Adults forget them.
5. Lesson plans are stupid.
6. Teachers like to eat.
7. Students like to eat.
8. The year is shorter than you think.
9. It’s not always about the test.
10. Keep the beginning in mind as you approach the end and you’ll see how much your kids have grown.
11. Everyone talks to everyone, students and teachers alike.
12. It’s ok to mess up.
13. Everyone messes up.
14. Students are forgiving and loving.
15. The students don’t know that you don’t know what you are doing, that you didn’t read all their papers, and that you came up with your lesson 5 min before class.

If you have ever taken a razor blade to that beautiful body of yours, skipped one or more meals, cried yourself to sleep because you never thought you were good enough, attempted any sort of self harm, had thoughts of taking your own life, or actually tried it, HONESTLY reblog this.

Wed, 30 May 2012 22:36:45 -0400

I have fallen off the face of the planet

Sat, 26 May 2012 11:55:39 -0400

Life has been crazy.

Last 2 weeks of school, thank goodness. Not even 2 full weeks. Tuesday-Friday this week. Monday, then half days till Thursday. Then staff day Friday. Woop.

I just felt like I needed to give a tumblr update.

8 grade field trip

Sat, 12 May 2012 22:11:17 -0400

Had been successful thus far… Driving back now with a stop for dinner.

Goodness children!

Mon, 07 May 2012 21:45:17 -0400

This actually came out of my mouth: “If one more person yells out Ms. Freer I am just gonna change my name and then you all will be yelling Ms. Freer and I won’t know who you are talking about!”

Photo

Thu, 03 May 2012 20:57:58 -0400

You know you are having a rough day when

Tue, 01 May 2012 23:09:58 -0400

being involved in a hard lock down is the highlight of your day.

Seriously.

The students chilled. As best they could, you know. Then I started to chill with the silence and all. I just had a few nice moments there, among the craziness.

I guess that is how you deal with life. Find the little and calm moments and enjoy them. Maybe, that is where the best moments are, within the most hectic.

SO...

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:25:23 -0400

I haven’t had much to say lately.

CRTs are over, thank goodness. I really hate standardized testing. Well, I hate proctoring standardized tests… to SPED kids… It’s painful.

Can’t wait till summer school in July. :) Might even have 2 sites to choose from.

I need to do lesson plans for the week (shoot me now so i don’t have to please).

June 8 please come soon!

Something weird

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:51:40 -0400

I am having weird dreams.

I had one where my dog turned into a boy (like Pinocchio). Then one where my principal tells me to take a day off. Then another one I can’t even go into.

Then at work I am a spaz.

Then I am driving home from work, on the same route as I normally go, and for a few seconds I get lost. Completely lost. Don’t know where I am or where I am going.

I figured out where I am going… crazy.

I also really want a boyfriend.

ALSO- How do you link to a blog post? I have seen Itssnix do it… I want to do it too! Though the easier and more effective thing would be to just message itssnix, but i like my life to be challenging! ;P

Student: I can't read cursive.

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:04:39 -0400

Student: I can't read cursive.
Me: it's not cursive...

We live and we learn.: How do you know you're a teacher?

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:35:05 -0400

We live and we learn.: How do you know you're a teacher?:

pammmcakesss:

by Jeff Foxworthy

You get a secret thrill out of laminating things.

You can hear 25 voices behind you and know exactly which one belongs to the child out of line.

You walk into a store and hear the words, “It’s Ms./Mr. ____________ and know you have been spotted.

You have 25…