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a Teach for America science teacher in St. Louis
Donate Now I write about my experiences partly because it is therapeutic and partly because it saves me from sending those annoying update emails to family and friends who don’t want them. Through the magic of internet statistics, I know that quite a few people I don’t know also are reading. As of this week,…
read more »Donate Now I recently was asked by someone about my favorite place in St. Louis. I basically stumbled on the question. Not truly sure of the answer. But a more shocking realization is that maybe I hadn’t yet explored enough of the city. I finally settled on the penguin room at the St. Louis Zoo.…
read more »When I meet “those veteran teachers” who are a few years too veteran for the good of their students, I wonder how they became that way. I don’t think that someone stays in education more than a few years if they truly don’t feel they have a passion for helping children. But if we assume…
read more »I remember trying to explain momentum to a student one day. I described it as pushing a full shopping cart in the grocery store. It’s hard to get started, but easy to keep going. Coming back to the blog is the same way. The first week back from break was a bit of a mess.…
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