A Note About These Interviews: I taught seventh grade for almost twenty years and was constantly surprised at the difference between what friends, family, parents, neighbors, and community members imagined my job was like and what it actually was like. The few times I had the privilege of inviting a friend or family member toContinue reading “Interview With a Teacher #1: Mr. D’Elia”
Author Archives: Carie Juettner
My Heart is With You, Teachers
Today is the first day of school in Austin, but I am not there, and it’s not just because I moved. In May, after nineteen years teaching seventh grade English, I resigned from my career as a middle school teacher. I was not alone. Thousands of teachers across the country walked away from education thisContinue reading “My Heart is With You, Teachers”
Welcome Home, Indigo!
They call it a “foster fail” but how could anything this wonderful be seen as a failure? No, we weren’t planning on adopting any of the kittens from the litter we rescued*. There were many reasons for this, and we listed them over and over to anyone who asked why we weren’t keeping one, two,Continue reading “Welcome Home, Indigo!”
Carie Juettner 