Musings of a Southern Belle

Closing the Teach For America Blogging Gap
Mar 07 2013

Weeds Are Flowers Too.

I quickly realized after getting my teaching placement that if I blogged about my school and community, it would be easy for people to know it was me since there are only a handful of us where I teach. On the off-chance that someone would read one of my posts and misconstrue it, or even worse, read something I said that was negative and then repeat it (you know how small town drama goes), I decided against using this blog. But now, with three months left in my first year as a corps member, I feel like I can finally use my voice to tell my story. This is what my journey as a first year corps member has been like. These are the things that have happened to me, good and bad. The journalist in me has to tell the whole story – without sugar-coating it – from the…

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Jun 25 2012

I’ve got the Delta blues

My kids yelled at me today. My school has a cockroach infestation. There is either no air or air on full blast. It’s over 100 degrees outside and we have no air on the hour long bus ride. My kids are so far behind that I don’t see them ever catching up. I need to…

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Jun 03 2012

Welcome to my blog!

Welcome to my blog! I’m a Southern girl who was raised in a white, middle class home in the state in which I will be teaching. There are a few things you should know about me and about this blog: I have seen the achievement gap firsthand and want to do my part to close…

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Action is the foundational key to success – Pablo Picasso

Region
Appalachia
Grade
High School
Subject
English

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