I hate this quote. I hate it, and I hate admitting that it might just be true.
I teach. Not all the time, although I’d like to get back to the point where it is all the time, but enough to call myself a teacher without feeling like a complete fraud. A good friend, supposedly in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘writing’
“Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach.” WTF, George Bernard Shaw?
Posted in Learning to be, tagged bgf, teaching, writing on September 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Have I ever mentioned that I love Snow Patrol?
Posted in writing, tagged grading, paper, school, snow patrol, stomach ache, writing on November 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was kindly reminded by the BGF that I haven’t written in forever, so here I am, 10 at night on Sunday, finishing up some grading, listening to the new Snow Patrol, thinking about why I haven’t been writing lately. Part of it is because I haven’t really had much to say. Okay, that’s not [...]
New Job
Posted in Learning to be, tagged jobs, teaching, work, writing on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Next month I will officially end one job and start another, with the little positions of teaching and tutoring caught in between. When I was younger, say in high school, I assumed by this point in my life I’d have a career and know exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. I’m [...]
Identity Crisis
Posted in Learning to be, tagged bgf, moving, nursery, paper, plants, teaching, virginia, writing on August 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Anyone who knows me pretty well also knows that every few months I have an identity crisis. I’m not sure why. Whatever the reason, I go into freak-out mode and start looking for jobs in new fields in new cities, new states, and occasionally new countries (teaching English in Saudi Arabia, anyone?). [...]
Newness…
Posted in Yaddah yaddah, tagged movie quotes, writing on May 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It’s your name, but with “-ness” on the end.
I’m changing the blog…again! Just wait, new things are on the way!