Introverts Need People Too

May 12, 2015.Reading time 3 minutes.

As an introvert, I sometimes struggle to make time for people. When I get busy, the first thing I toss out the window is socializing. I need my Saturday’s all to myself so I can recharge, I tell myself. But after one of the most draining weekends of my life (working at a two-day English Festival doing […]

Teacher Life: Unexplainable Feelings

March 27, 2015.Reading time 2 minutes.

Yesterday my boss came in to talk to me about one of my students. Apparently this student had gone home and told his mother that I treated him unfairly, only punishing him and no one else. While that was not true, I knew exactly which student my boss was talking about even before she mentioned his […]

Teacher Life: Breakthrough

March 10, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

One of my most aggressive and disruptive students had a really good day yesterday. Later that night, as I was reflecting back on the day, I realized that I couldn’t even remember all the frustrating and annoying stunts his classmates had pulled, all the blank looks and random noises and disrespectful comments. The one moment of him […]

Teacher Life: Giving Rewards

July 1, 2014.Reading time 7 minutes.

I could not stop smiling yesterday during my crazy class, the one packed with noisy third grade boys who like to fight with each other and test the limits of my patience. I was outright grinning from ear to ear. Because those kids were behaving SO WELL!

Teacher Life: Was I Like This in Third Grade?

March 5, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

I was nervous going into this week. Actually, I was downright dreading it. I’ve been teaching after school English to a range of elementary to middle school students for a couple months now […]

Today I Cried During a Puppet Show for Kindergarteners

March 28, 2013.Reading time 6 minutes.

I went on my first field trip with my kindergarteners today. I thought it would just involve keeping kids in line and then zoning out during the little show, but it turned out to be so much more than that. First of all, the Korean puppet show I expected to sleep through turned out to […]