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Nobody To See
The best hair days happen when there’s nowhere to go. The outfits fit extra great when you have nobody to see. The skin is extra glowy when it’s just you by yourself. And that means one thing… You should do the thing, wear the outfit, take the picture/selfie, and enjoy it yourself. And if you’re…
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Funny Teacher Moments
Boy 1: Was Edison the president? Boy 2: No, he built the lightbulb. Boy 3: You’re thinking about Ben Franklin! Boy 2: No… Boy 1: Ben Franklin was president? Boy 3: Yeah, and learned about electricity and lightning. Me: This level of confusion is above my pay grade.
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Funny Teacher Moments Cont’d…
Boy 1: Why is Kansas called a crossroads? Is it because we have a lot of train tracks? Boy 2: We’re the center of the country… Boy 1: So? Boy 2: … Boy 1: So why is Kan… Class: BECAUSE PEOPLE TRAVEL THROUGH A LOT! I understand there are cases where people have IEPs or…
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Funny Teacher Moments
Today I heard a seventh grade boy say, “I thought Mr. S was 20… but he’s like… 50!” This made me laugh, because when I was in 5th grade Mr. S had his first teaching job at the elementary school I attended and he made quite the splash. He is super handsome and all the…
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Travel Through Costco
Did you know you can book lavish vacations for EXTREMELY reasonable prices through Costco? Read Choi made a video about this on IG and I thought it was a farce, but I looked it up. You can go to Europe, Australia, New Zealand, the Tropics… it’s wild! I think the cheapest thing I saw was…
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First Substitute Teaching Assignment of the New Year
I am teaching seventh grade social studies this morning. So far the kids have asked The day is still young, but I am quite tired already. 2 hours and 18 minutes to go.
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Feeling Inexplicably Down
My shrink says I am experiencing a depressive episode. I have been since the holidays. All of my siblings were home and together and it was great. But when my sister and her husband left I got really sad. Since then I have just been sitting in my feelings. I am tired. I don’t want…
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Things I Want to Learn
I want to learn how to do makeup. Lately I have been watching a lot of videos by this woman named Selena. (@selenamup on social media) She is stunning, she is close to my age and she has the best tutorials. I have so far learned how to use color corrector and concealer more effectively.…
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Happy New Year
Happy year of the horse! I have lacked inspiration and things to write about lately. Life has been going on, the limbo between Christmas and New Year was pretty brutal. Now to survive until Spring when I can return to the lake… I am not usually one to wish winter away… but this winter things…
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Mean Bus Drivers
If you are a kid who rode the bust to/from school you either had or knew of someone who had a mean bus driver. Even if you weren’t a problem child, even if you flew under the radar, you still quaked in fear when they yelled or raised their voice or threatened you with assigned…
Redheaded Jill 