The Busy Life of a Single Mom

Texas schools are back in session. Almost across the state, public schools started back today (state law prohibits us from starting sooner).  I saw all 90ish of my students today and have decided I’ve been teaching too long (only 8 years), but honestly at the end of the day, my first thoughts were “another first […]

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We soon go back to school so the preparations are in full swing.  Do you have any back to school rituals with your family?
For us, I start the school supply shopping as soon as the sale papers start showing the supplies on sale. We read over each sale paper and each supply on the list […]

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As a teacher, I know just how critical it is that our kids continue to learn over the summer, and I don’t just mean the things we learn on vacation. Yes, those are important skills, but we need to encourage them to continue reading over the summer and practicing their math skills.  When school does start back […]

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Yea!  My last student has finished their last test!  Thank goodness. I’m so tired of watching kids take tests, and I’m so glad that it’s over.  This has been a very long week. Now I’m actually getting to interact with my kids and I’ve lucked up and ended up with a small group of good […]

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Ugh!  I hate days like today. They are so boring - and so NOT why I went into education. This week across the state of Texas we are doing standardized testing (the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, otherwise known as the TAKS) from the 3rd grade through the 11th grade. At the high school […]

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Today I’m sitting at Tyler Junior College and loving modern technology. I am here to support my students from my former school at their regional academic competition. I was prepared to sit around all day bored, but I was pleasantly surprised that they have an unsecured wireless network so I can come in here and […]

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Ugh!!  I do not know if it is this way everywhere, but I have now worked for two different districts and both have had a hard time keeping up with the school vehicle keys or knowing who is going where and when. At least half of the time that I am scheduled for a school vehicle […]

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If you are not a Texas teacher this probably won’t be all that amusing to you, but I know there are lots of us out there and I had to share this email I just received as I know several groups are in fact testing tomorrow.  (Note: Make sure you are not drinking anything when […]

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As a single full time working mom, I find that while I would love to continue my education and pick up a master’s degree, I can not imagine when I would find the time to do so.  Between my after school tutorials and practices and both of my girls activities, I would simply not have any […]

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With a daughter preparing for college and myself considering going back to college for a masters degree, finding a useful website in researching colleges and a way to pay for it is really nice. PremierStudentLoan.com is one of those useful sites.
This website has a directory where you can search for schools and student loan lenders in […]

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