When Teaching Meets the Unknown: Navigating the Twilight Zone

Happy Twilight/Teacher/Eat What You Want Day!

Thank You, Mrs. Toni Collins-Gosney

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During the Teacher Appreciation Week, I wan to say thank you to the music teacher who nurtured me through high school.

Jimmy Fallon Loves Teachers

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week in the U.S., and Jimmy Fallon loves teachers.  In their honor, his Tuesday night audience this week was composed of 200 New York City teachers.  You can see Jimmy’s heartfelt introduction to the show here. Jimmy’s story about the teacher who gave him a hall pass to go outside, reminded me … Read more

Thanks for Teaching Us (Reblog)

Thanks for Teaching Us is a site that allows students to publicly thank their teachers.  I blogged about it 3 years ago, and thought it would be good to mention it again.  Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week in the U.S. (May 4th-8th), and teachers are always thankful for heart-felt words from their students.  If … Read more

To the Moon

I absolutely love this video posted by Google in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week: Here is Google’s message on the YouTube page: “Thank you to the millions of passionate teachers who inspire curiosity in their classrooms…lesson after lesson, unit after unit, year after year. We’re fortunate to have had many of you in our lives, … Read more

Thank You for Believing in Me More Than I Believed in Myself

The summer before I started high school, our family moved to Louisiana from Kentucky.  My first year of high school was miserable.  Not only was I a shy girl who didn’t know a soul, but the Louisiana humidity and classrooms without air-conditioning just about did me in.  My Biology teacher spent the majority of each class … Read more