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a Teach For America teacher’s blog: kiyah-ing my way in education
In 3 more weeks (or maybe 2) school will start again and I will begin the new year as a slightly more seasoned teacher. While the 1st year went by relatively smoothly, it was a great experience and now I have a lot of new techniques and strategies under my belt.
I just returned from AP institute, and I never been happier. I felt like a college kid at career fair! Free textbooks, a bag, flash drive, more textbooks, labs, good lord. Then again, it did cost $700….
I’ve been seriously lagging it with this blog. I made a New Year’s resolution that I would try to document my (most possibly) last year teaching for TFA. After a year and 1/2, I’ve really contemplated on the possibilities for my future self. Med school now has become more serious, and I’m definitely leaning a…
read more »I just realized.. HOLY CRAP!
read more »So it’s been 3 months, and I realize that I haven’t posted anything since institute ended. I started teaching at the end of August, and I can’t believe it’s been 3 months already. Thanksgiving’s approaching, and again, my students are going crazy. It really sucks having a 6th period where half of my students just…
read more »Alright! TFA institute is OFFICIALLY OVER! I’m so glad that I can finally start to sleep more than 2 hours a night and not ever hear “IDO, WE DO , YOU DO” in the same phrase again in my life. On another note, I am somewhat sad that the students I taught for the past…
read more »Ahg! I can’t believe I didn’t post about induction of Institute Well, that can be for a later date. I can’t believe also that it’s already the 4th week of Institute!! 2 weeks left. So far, I’m assigned to an LAUSD school for the summer, and teach a class of 40, which is by far…
read more »So summer has officially started, and I’ve been bumming back at home. There’s so much work to do! Pre-work, Health clearance stuff, trying to figure out when my diploma will get mailed to me, logistics for institute, and ugh… studying for my constitution exam. I thought I would never have to study for AP Civics…
read more »So, it’s officially the 9th week of school (technically next week is the 9th, but spring break doesn’t count), and this is possibly the busiest semester I’ve had in my life. Saturday’s CSET was killer, and I don’t know why I’m making a post right now at 2:00AM, when I have a midterm tomorrow morning………
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