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a Teach for America science teacher in St. Louis
Twas the end of exams and all through the halls, not a student was stirring, not one at all. At 10:45, the bells they weren’t ringing, but the buses were here, the students near screaming. And then all at once, in a flood of fury and glee, they sprinted on foot to their yellow-domed party.…
read more »I’m so excited, I couldn’t even wait till the end of the week… This morning, we arrived, and officially, we had no working copiers in our two buildings. Both of our copy machines were broken with permanent errors, and our Risograph (high-speed printing press-like machine) was out of ink. We were stuck in a rut…
read more »Why in the world with someone without predetermined aspirations to be in education become a teacher? The answer to this seemingly rhetorical question is quite simple, I believe. Pulsing through my veins is the ability to care for others. Before you start to roll your eyes at the seemingly seasonal-sappiness of this discourse, let me…
read more »Unlike this summer, this time I escape with power. In fact, I have my windows open to cool it off because the radiators are heating things up a little too much. Let’s turn to our friends at the St. Louis Post Dispatch for an update… The storm was the worst ever to hit the AmerenUE…
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