I decided to speak up

In my last post, I mentioned that I had gotten another job. I know what stresses me out, so I asked to shadow the teacher who is leaving for his last two days. This way I could meet the kids and see what kinds of things they're working on. This is the first time I've …

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Balrog’s whip

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” I love the Lord of the Rings movies. Shamefully, I've never read the books, but it's on my List of Things I'll Probably Never Do. Finishing Les Miserables (the book, not the musical) is another optimistic goal. In the …

Restart

Since I started this here blog as a way to chronicle my return to work, I guess it's fitting that I should have to start (again) at the beginning. I'm back to square one, and BY GOLLY DARN IT ¹, I'm gonna chronicle this shit.² Knowing my track record, I'm probably going to fail. It's okay …