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Let Me Be: Poetry For Celebrating Summer Solstice

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Let Me Be: Poetry For Celebrating Summer Solstice

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Poetry For Celebrating Summer Solstice Oh, the water lilies. See how they seem to open wider out of their own opening? Let me unfold like that—without thinking, without assuming I’m already open enough.   Do not let me close up, all stiff and stoic, like a walnut that will not crack. Don’t let me become […]

The Teacher’s Summer To-Do List

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The Teacher’s Summer To-Do List

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Some people think teachers like me shouldn’t complain. They think that summers off mean three months of party time, ninety days of freedom to lie around and do absolutely nothing. Someone, please show me that teacher. The teachers I know definitely earn their summer ‘vacation’. If you think about it, most teachers work so much […]

The Reasons Why I Didn’t Write A Book Last Summer

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The Reasons Why I Didn’t Write A Book Last Summer

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“What I want most this summer is simply to spend time with the ones I love. To have more days just like this one. Enough presence of mind to pay attention. And enough presence of heart to make gratitude my song, acceptance my refrain.” – Katrina Kenison I didn’t write a book last summer. In […]

Summer Isn’t Just For Vacation

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Summer Isn’t Just For Vacation

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Growing. Trusting. Dreaming (big). Discovering. Feeling alive. Blooming. The verbs jump from the calendar as I turn the page to August. Yes, yes, yes! Kelly Rae Roberts may not be a classroom teacher, but her artwork aligns with exactly what I’m feeling this month as I transition away from my only school-free days (July) and into […]

It’s The Last Day of School – So Why Aren’t My Students Leaving?

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It’s The Last Day of School – So Why Aren’t My Students Leaving?

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It’s always a minimum day schedule on the last day of school, making it super hard to get anything done (yes, they want us to teach up until the last bell), as well as to have a moment to breathe, to be present, to process what is going on. The last day of school is […]