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Jennifer Wolfe April 12, 2017 3 Comments

It’s Poetry Month! Writing, Reading, Teaching and Sharing Poetry

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Jennifer Wolfe, a writer-teacher-mom, is dedicated to finding the extraordinary in the ordinary moments of life by thinking deeply, loving fiercely, and teaching audaciously. Read her stories on her blog, mamawolfe at jenniferwolfe.net.

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Taking Life Stitch By Stitch – Anne Lamott - May 19, 2017
The Gods Are Here, In This Almost Empty Nest - May 12, 2017
From Facebook to Snapchat to Instagram Stories, or Other Ways My Kids Make Me Feel My Age - May 5, 2017

True confession: I haven’t always been a poetry lover. When I was younger I collected poems, intrigued by the connection I felt with a complete stranger’s expression of my emotions. I copied poem after poem into spiral notebooks, savoring every word. And in college, I fell in love with Blake and Dickinson and Maya Angelou […]

Jennifer Wolfe March 8, 2017 15 Comments

Jobs For Teachers – Why It’s Such A Hot Keyword Search

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Taking Life Stitch By Stitch – Anne Lamott - May 19, 2017
The Gods Are Here, In This Almost Empty Nest - May 12, 2017
From Facebook to Snapchat to Instagram Stories, or Other Ways My Kids Make Me Feel My Age - May 5, 2017

Wonder what teachers are really searching for online? I can tell you – it’s not just lesson plans or decoration ideas. It’s not just how to deal with the unruly child, or how to motivate a reluctant reader. Those searches would be understandable. What teachers are really searching for online is this: jobs for retired […]

Jennifer Wolfe February 22, 2017 2 Comments

Learn To Do Everything Lightly: Words From Aldous Huxley

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Taking Life Stitch By Stitch – Anne Lamott - May 19, 2017
The Gods Are Here, In This Almost Empty Nest - May 12, 2017
From Facebook to Snapchat to Instagram Stories, or Other Ways My Kids Make Me Feel My Age - May 5, 2017

” It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. I was so preposterously serious in those days… Lightly, lightly – it’s the best advice ever given me…So […]

Jennifer Wolfe February 15, 2017 3 Comments

Are We Really Asking Teachers To Be Excellent At Everything?

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Taking Life Stitch By Stitch – Anne Lamott - May 19, 2017
The Gods Are Here, In This Almost Empty Nest - May 12, 2017
From Facebook to Snapchat to Instagram Stories, or Other Ways My Kids Make Me Feel My Age - May 5, 2017

Imagine this: You’re a beginning teacher, fresh out of college. You’ve done a few weeks (maybe a semester) of teaching on your own. You’re thrilled to be hired to teach in your own classroom. The teachers you’ve idolized your entire life flash through your mind. You can disregard the low starting pay and the multiple […]

Jennifer Wolfe February 8, 2017 4 Comments

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Taking Life Stitch By Stitch – Anne Lamott - May 19, 2017
The Gods Are Here, In This Almost Empty Nest - May 12, 2017
From Facebook to Snapchat to Instagram Stories, or Other Ways My Kids Make Me Feel My Age - May 5, 2017

Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own home. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor… Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness […]