Summer Vacation

School’s out! I love the wonderfully liberating feeling of summer vacation. For those of you who may not know, my “other job” is in education. I’ve just finished my one year of service as an AmeriCorps member coordinating and teaching an afterschool program here in Oakland. It’s quite nice to not have to go in…

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8th Grade

it’s the end of the semester, and for me, the end of my 8th grade math class! from here on out, i will be pulling kids out of 7th grade math instead of having my own class. for an overwhelmed first-year teacher, this is an extremely rare gift. don’t get me wrong– i love these…