(Need to catch up? Click here for part 1 and here for the part that came before part 1.) In 2010, a student who we’ll call Darry made me a pencil sharpener. Back when I was in school (which was slightly after the days of uphill-both-ways-in-the-snow, but still well before the internet) there were heavyContinue reading “The Greatest Gifts, Part 2”
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The Greatest Gifts, Part 1
Yesterday, I shared on my blog some of the gifts I received from students during my teaching career. But I saved the best three for last. A Girl After My Own Heart, er… Stomach Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “The greatest gift is a portion of yourself.” Either that or BACON. The year after I gotContinue reading “The Greatest Gifts, Part 1”
The Thought That Counts
Some say that the gift of teaching is the chance to touch lives, to inspire young minds, to see creativity grow right before your eyes. That stuff is all very good, but I also liked the actual gifts. I don’t mean to sound greedy, but teaching is a hard job with few tangible perks,Continue reading “The Thought That Counts”
Carie Juettner 