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”
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Brain on Lockdown: Why Standardized Testing Is As Hard On Teachers As It Is On Students
A couple of weeks ago, I had a dream that I was monitoring a standardized test in my old classroom. The test was TAKS (because my subconscious had forgotten that we’ve moved on to STAAR) and I was being chastised for doing something wrong (I don’t remember what, probably opening a book or staring outContinue reading “Brain on Lockdown: Why Standardized Testing Is As Hard On Teachers As It Is On Students”
Carie Juettner 