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”
Tag Archives: Back to School
A Small, Terrifying Glimpse Into the Subconscious Mind of a Teacher
I’ve had three school-related stress dreams since Christmas. Against my better judgment, I’m going to share them with you. Dream #1: This one was a doozy. It went from normal bad to wow-that’s-a-creative-form-of-torture bad to AAAAAAAAA! bad. Here goes. It was the first day of the new semester. My first period class (who is sweet,Continue reading “A Small, Terrifying Glimpse Into the Subconscious Mind of a Teacher”
The First Week of School, In Review *
Tonight when I got home from work, I pulled into my driveway and was sitting in my car trying to summon the energy to get up and walk into the house, when a dog walked through my front yard. Not my dog, just a random dog I didn’t know. So I got out of theContinue reading “The First Week of School, In Review *”
Carie Juettner 