WOW! I didn't think it has been that long since I last posted.
After another year of teaching, I feel stronger, more prepared. I am hopeful for the next upcoming year, as I take what I have learned and apply it to yet another school & grade!
In the past year, I was hired to teach 2nd grade, was moved to 4th grade two days before school started, hired for another 2nd grade position and moved to 5th grade! The best news of all, however, is that I am back at the school where I did my student teaching & where my best of friends also work. I truly am home...according to my hubby, I am NOT moving again. That's okay with me, especially since I have purged so much stuff. The move from one school to the other took 2 trips with the jeep & truck. Not bad considering that last year's move took the jeep, the truck, AND a large trailer stuffed to the gills!! Not to mention the amount of stuff I left behind!!!!
I read through a bunch of blogs recently, and while their formats were beautiful and inviting, I found the substance to be quite lacking. There were some awesome ideas in a few, but in general, it seems that blogs have become very commercial, not very personal. That being said, I made a decision.
My mother-in-law blogs about anything that piques her mind, and I love to read it, even when I have probably witnessed the inspiration first-hand. Reading her 'take' on the things that make her happy, sad, reflective...it's a glimpse into her very creative mind!
That being said, my decision is to blog for me! Not to be cutesy, not to make money, but to be, as I stated in the title, reflective. Will I earn any followers? Probably not. Will I have any comments? Again, probably not. But that was not & is not the motivation for beginning this blog. So, from hereafter, here is my goal...to blog weekly, being reflective about the classroom, the profession, and the thrills & chills I get when doing what I love--TEACHING!
