Tag Archives: #teacherlife

Underneath

I spent the weekend grading my students’ journals, and it made me want to post this poem, which was published in Encore: Prize Poems of the NFSPS in 2015. Underneath I straightened the mirror a couple of times,      so I have OCD, then got distracted by a dog,      so you added ADD. I washed my handsContinue reading “Underneath”

Year 15: What I’ve Learned, Where I Am, What I Hope

Tomorrow I begin my fifteenth year of teaching 7th grade English, so naturally some reflection is in order. Last weekend I reminisced about my previous years of teaching on Twitter. (You can see the thread by searching #teacherlife #year15.) But now that the first day with students is almost here, I’m trying to compress allContinue reading “Year 15: What I’ve Learned, Where I Am, What I Hope”

I had plans.

I had plans. BIG plans. I was going to conquer the world and the laundry. I was going to write the great American novel and bake the great American pie. I was going to rid my home of every piece of clutter, every unnecessary item of clothing, every duplicate ladle (because really, how many ladlesContinue reading “I had plans.”