How I read over 100 books this year

Follow me on Good Reads to see what I am reading! You likely read this title and thought, “Clearly, this person has no life.” I’m here to tell you it isn’t as hard to read this many books as you think. Here are my tips and tricks for reading more books. Make sure you Love […]

Three Lessons I’ve learned

I have learned a lot of lessons in my decades of life. It’s often said that you wish you knew then what you know now, but when I look back, I’ve enjoyed the journey. It hasn’t always been a happy journey, but it’s brought me to where I am now. Here are the top lessons I have learned.

Learning how to become an academic writer

xI was always the student who scored very well on papers. I can write. It’s something I love to do (hence this blog), but I have room to improve. Academic writing is not my forte. I find it boring; however, in the quest for evolving and going to grad school, I need to work on it. So, I found classes to help me learn and got some books.

The Four Things that Elevated my Teaching career

My teaching career has been a bit unconventional. During my time in college, I was sure I’d be an early elementary teacher. My degree is in early childhood education, and I did my student teaching in a kindergarten classroom. The job market in 2003, when I graduated, wasn’t fantastic. I secured a job as an […]

Teaching Contentious Topics & Civil Discourse

The way you approach the contentious topic matters. In this post, I discuss best practices and resources to help you!

Evolving

Every year, I choose a word to focus on through the year. I am not into resolutions, because in my younger years I set myself up to fail. It took a lot of reflecting and unlearning to understand that one word would help me best. Past words 2021: Embrace and Enjoy- I’ve worked hard my […]