Twas the Night Before School Starts… (A Poem)

‘Twas the night before school starts And all through my mind Was a voice that kept saying, “Relax, you’ll be fine” Then came another saying, “What about this?” I began to fret About things I had missed Would my lesson be perfect? Would they like me okay? Would there be far too many… Or would […]

The Irony and the Agony: Reading Semester Evaluations

It’s that time again. Time to read my semester evaluations. And this semester’s evaluations were particularly important as they are the last ones prior to my retention review this fall, so I have to admit that I’ve been waiting with some trepidation to find out the results. As is typical when I receive a set […]

What I Did This Summer

I haven’t been blogging too much on this blog this summer, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been busy.  So, in homage to all the inevitable first day of school, “What I did this summer” essays, I thought I’d add mine–partly to convince myself that I haven’t been languishing around all summer and partly because […]