My Educational Philosophy: Real vs. Imaginary

“Throughout my very short time as an educator in the classroom, I have learned an enormous amount about my educational philosophy. Before becoming an actual middle school teacher, I thought about all the perfect things that I wanted to have happen in my classroom and all of the procedures I wanted to run. I pictured […]

My First Month of Teaching

Let me tell you about the most insane,weird, and strange month of my life… No matter what you go through in college or what you experience during your field experience hours…. you just don’t understand until you get there.. I have had to deal with things that I didn’t even think of.. There have been […]

Teaching with a side hustle

As most of the world’s population knows by now, teachers do not get paid very well.. It’s a sad truth but everyone who goes into teaching already knows that they will not be leaving it with a fortune or, really, rich by any standards. We know that the work that we really do is not truly […]

What does it take to be a teacher?

Aside from a 4 year bachelors degree and a passion for a specific subject area…. a lot actually. People get this weird look on their faces when you tell them that your goal in life is to be a teacher. They can’t help it that there is a social stigma around being in education, especially […]

Teacher’s Guilt.. The Real Truth

At first the thought about talking about teacher’s guilt was a bit scary for me. As a new teacher, I don’t have a lot of experience dealing with student’s families and their home lives. However, once you get into the thick of it, you realize how much guilt their can be as an educator.. For […]

The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me on this crazy blog journey! I feel like the everyday teacher doesn’t get the credit or attention he/she deserves. I wanna talk about not only the struggles and blessings of my life but also about the untold lives of teachers and what we experience on the daily. Feel free to join, […]