Teaching

Three years ago< I was fed up. I found a pile of brocken pencils. Again. And I remember standing there thinking Why does everything feel so out of control all the time?

I used to think the problem was me.  If I were more organized… more disciplined… better at classroom management… I could keep up.  I just had to find the right system and I could do it all.

If I had to start my classroom over from scratch, here’s what I’d buy and what I’d skip.

I taught for 12 years. There’s a version of teaching people love to talk about. The inspiring moments. The connections.

I didn’t leave teaching because I stopped loving it. That would’ve been easier. I loved the subject I taught. I