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Hello everyone! Well, week 1 is officially behind me. And holy cow, they weren’t lying when they said Institute is intense. I figured that I worked WELL over 60 hours this week, and I haven’t even started teaching yet! This week has been so informative and, for the most part, collaboratively friendly, shall we say? Hurt feelings and clashing personalities are the nature of the beast, but this is a little ridiculous. My collab group works well together, for the most part, but I have been telling myself mantra-style, “You cannot control his/her actions. You can only control your own actions.” C’est la…
read more »I feel absolutely inducted into this work. I told a friend that I was going to the Bay for Induction and she asked if I was joining some kind of cult. I’m not saying that TFA is a cult by any stretch of the imagination, but I will say that I truly feel like I…
read more »One of my favorite words right now is “pass.” I have officially passed all of the CSET English subtests as well as the CBEST. I passed the CBEST during the summer, and I also took and passed 1 of the 4 CSET English subtests before the start of the school year. Because I’m currently in…
read more »My first post was rather brief, so I figured I ought to write a longer, more reflective post that will shed some light on my decision to join TFA as well as my unusual blog title. I had never even heard of Teach For America this time last year. I didn’t even hear about the…
read more »I will never forget the way it felt to open that email and read that I had been accepted into Teach For America. It was, without a doubt, one of the best moments of my life. After a little pleading and emailing, I secured my spot in the 2010 Bay Area corps as a secondary…
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