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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30, 29 and the count-down
May 3rd, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, College students, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning
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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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33 and Abigail Adams Eliot
April 30th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Education, Important People, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning
Tonight brought the evening honoring our local child care providers: we call it the Abigail Adams Eliot Award for local Educator and Administrator. It was a lovely evening with a STEM focus, with tables of local organizations, dinner and a presentation about STEM for early care providers. At one point the moderator asked all those […]
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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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45 and the next generation of teachers
April 18th, 2014 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Children, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning
Last night I went to the Greenfield Center School‘s Variety Show. I was witness to the most talented, creative and lovely acts ever – musical acts put together by children of all ages, and in many cases written by them. They played and sang music with each other, with family members, and with their teachers. […]
Tags: Children·family·learning·music·passion·retirement·teaching