Elizabeth Hogsten

The Things I See and Dare to Believe

Teacher Life: Getting Laughed at by Five-year-olds is Always Fun

July 12, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

Sometimes I feel really unqualified to be a kindergarten teacher. Like when we are talking about birds and how some birds can’t fly and then I’m suddenly not sure whether penguins can fly or not and I have to double-check with the teacher across the hall. (They can’t, by the way. I’m pretty sure..) Or […]

In the Dark

May 21, 2012.Reading time 2 minutes.

While I was lying in bed last night, two car crashes happened outside my open window. It was jolting to be half-asleep and hear the screech of tires followed by the crash of metal and glass. Even though I was lying safely indoors up on the fourth floor, it felt as if the cars were […]