First-year Teacher

Getting in the mix

I just performed for the best audience of my entire life! As part of a hilarious event called Senior Send off, the faculty put together skits and dances for the enjoyment of the senior class. At first, I thought I might sit this one out. ...
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Another milestone

I’m graduating from grad school this week. I won’t be walking in the ceremony because of a family wedding, but I will be no less finished with my degree. In fact, I will turn in my final paperwork today at 5:00 p.m. It’s strange ...
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On the right track

As I sit in my office, feverishly extrapolating data for a research presentation at grad school later today, I hear a bit of whistling wafting in from somewhere down the hall. At first, I don’t hear the melody, but as the whistler draws ...
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Spring musical

It’s springtime! And that means high schools all across the country are pulling out their dance shoes, memorizing lyrics, and taking the stage to perform big, shiny musicals! We here at Notre Dame are no different. Our spring musical, ...
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Too nice

“You’re too nice.” That was the opening salvo of a barrage of feedback a wiser, more experienced teacher recently gave me. She followed that up with, “You’ve got to be stricter with them or the show will be no ...
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