I truly have been thinking about this blog, and not short of material. But the last few days have had more bitter than sweet and I simply got hung up on that. I don’t want to write about those moments or focus on them anymore. Those are the things that created the stress in this […]
Entries Tagged as 'College students'
28, 27, 26, 25 and bittersweet moments indeed…
May 7th, 2014 · 1 Comment · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Fundraiser, Musings, retirement, Work
30, 29 and the count-down
May 3rd, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, College students, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning
It’s hard to believe I’m under 30 days until I retire from this position! As someone asked yesterday, “Yes, you have 30 days, but how many “real” days?”, meaning I have only three more class days, and the rest of the time is a few last meetings, a few celebrations and cleaning up my desk. […]
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31 and last times
May 1st, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning, time
Just as I try not to say, “the trip of a lifetime,” because there’s always another opportunity to go on another trip and experience new things, I’ve been hesitant to say “the last time,” when it comes to my retirement. Today marked the last time – at least the “official” last time that a group […]
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34 and a week!
April 28th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Children, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning
Well, okay, somewhere, and I know where, more than a few days went by! This, however, is what my life usually looks like! What did I do in that time that claimed my time? Let’s see: taught classes, supervised student teachers, spent the day in NYC getting there via a bus trip that the Art […]
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41and nature
April 22nd, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Children, College students, Education, Musings, Reading, retirement
It really struck me today that I’m six classes away from the end of my adult teacher education teaching career. I walked the two miles to work on a beautiful spring day enjoying the college’s many marshes and ducks coming to spend their spring with us. In early childhood curriculum class we talked about one […]
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