I was reminded of my very first classroom of kids recently. Those second graders are now starting fifth grade. It seems like a lifetime ago, but it really hasn’t been that long. In addition to simultaneously missing them and thanking God I’m not at that school any more (another story for another time), I’ve been thinking about all the things I wish I’d known. I’m sure every teacher (and every other person who enters the real work world) feels this way at some point, so I started making a list of things I wish I'd known as a first year teacher. Here’s what I would go back and tell myself … [Read more...]
25 Thoughts on Turning 25
I'm sitting here a month away from my 25th birthday, thinking "how in the world did this happen?!" I remember freaking out when I turned 20 - I wasn't sure what to do with the whole being-in-a-new-decade thing. Just this past February, I remember thinking that hubby turning 25 was straight up craziness (secretly - because he was also freaking out!). But here we are - read on for 25 of my random thoughts on turning 25! … [Read more...]