What the Teacher Did Next

Life after Burnout

I’ve never been good at break ups.  No matter how bad things get, I’ve always had trouble letting go.  Ironically, (for someone who can be a glass half empty kind of a girl) I’m blinded by the good stuff and end up flying back towards the light like a bedazzled moth, aiming for the moon, …

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So…after much internal debate, I’ve taken the plunge and signed up with a supply agency, and now that I’ve made the commitment, (albeit a very casual, part time commitment) I need to start focusing on the positives, because if I don’t have my head in the game, it’s going to be a very, very short …

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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein It’s easy to blame everyone else when things go wrong.  I’ve been down that road so many times I had to build a little house.  I’ve been known to stay there for days and even weeks at a time.  The …

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During my teacher training, one of my mentors compared teaching to being in a relationship with a bad boyfriend: it treats you badly and you know you should leave, but there’s something about it that you love, which makes it hard to walk away.  I never fell fully out of love, but just over four …

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