I have had the same personal email account since 2006. During that time I attended two universities — each with their own email — and lived without internet for 27 months in a yurt in Mongolia. These events, coupled with
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Teaching the Teacher
Nearly four years ago today, I sat in a classroom playing around on Facebook and Twitter as the professor standing in front of the room spoke to my cohort about our final projects and warning us about the potential consequences
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Undeveloped Thoughts
The story goes that when my dad went away to college, he was going to study economics. On his first trip home, he told my grandfather that economic concepts bounce off his head like billiard balls and that he was
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“Keep Moving”
In August of 2016, I made the choice to “come home” after 7 years in Orlando, Florida. I crammed what I could into a Honda Civic, gave away my remaining IKEA furniture, and began a solo mission driving across the
Read MoreEducators Rock!
Now that it is 2021, it only seems appropriate that my first blog of the New Year is one of reflection, but as I reflect, I can only come to one conclusion, Educators Rock! Was this year hard? Would I
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The Hidden Curriculum Manual: COVID-19 Edition
The fresh feeling of a new year, and a clean slate, often brings my thoughts down memory lane for a moment. It reminds me to think of things I have learned, or ways that I have grown, and things that
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Stay Focused: Control the Controllables
The sad, stressful year of 2020 has finally come to an end. What will 2021 bring? Who knows, but how it goes for us will be greatly influenced by our perception and mindset. Will we focus on the positives or
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Super Market Teach
Petrified, I hover in aisle 7 waiting for a crowd to leave aisle 8. Aisle 8 may contain my last item on my grocery list, but it also contains 7 other adults — one of whom is wearing a mask
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Fall Semester All Summed Up
“Sorry it took me so long to get back to you; there was a computer glitch. Just know that you’re doing great, and I love the positive way that you speak to your students.” It’s always nice to get positive
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