Mostly Adequate!
I’m a teacher, and I write about it, and then I put it here.
It’s odd how I can logically know I’m competent but still doubt that with the same fervor that every teenager has for their favorite angsty music with a lead singer who is attractive in an “I can fix them” sort of way. I know I’m an ok writer because I have evidence to remind myself …
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Do my students drink orange juice in the library over Labor Day weekend? Considering most of them are 19, that’s what I tell them they should do. Drink age-appropriate beverages somewhere boring, maybe take a nap. If you do anything over the weekend, only tell me if you’d also be comfortable talking about it in …
This post is sponsored by a whole lot of self-loathing. I share a little pod of grad students with another teacher. We’re their mentors. I’m aware of how many times I’ve fallen out of trees or taught hungover, but I still get to talk to them about time management and trying to keep up healthy …
I’m an English teacher so I don’t have to justify wanting to write about writing; that’s nice because I really didn’t like the paragraph I had for just that purpose. It was boring and reminded me of dull sample teaching philosophies that I read when I was applying for jobs. They used phrases like “transferable …
Every semester I’m faced with a troubling question: do I fail this student? Unfortunately, it’s not actually a question. I can’t lie and say a student did work they didn’t, and there are only so many extensions that I can give before the semester is just over. Still, it feels like a question because I’m …
