I’ll never understand how my students can be wild, crazy, dancing, laughing, snap chatting everyone and their momma, AND disrupting class every five minutes, BUT

If you’ve known me for any length of time you know that one thing I’m extremely passionate about is staying out of debt and using

One of the things that I’ve really had to work on during my classroom setup phase is a way to schedule in time for working

So, there’s a lot that I really DON’T do well as an educator.  I LOVE to write and even wanted to be a writer instead

I CANNOT believe we’re already into a new year and I get a BRAND NEW FLOCK on Monday! It has been a nice, long winter

I CANNOT believe that another year has flown by. My wedding anniversary is actually on New Year’s Eve so I LOVE LOVE LOVE this time

I think I’ve mentioned before how having a student-teacher was very eye-opening for me. One day she told me the thing that she was most

I know that I was supposed to be the mentor and my student teacher the mentee, but I learned SO FREAKIN’ MUCH from her. I am eternally grateful for the experience and when I sat down to reflect on my top takeaways from the semester, I knew that I had to write a post about it. SO, here we go…Here is what I learned from letting my guard down, letting go of the reins, and letting someone else shepherd my flock for a semester.

Let’s be honest – everyone is talking about anxiety. You cannot turn on the TV or listen to any talk show without hearing about how someone is suffering from anxiety. When I sit back and think about it, I think there are a few major reasons behind this phenomenon.