I’m a theater nerd–no shame here. I find comfort in creating analogies between theater things and other things. So, here goes. Tomorrow is just like opening night, really. Only, it’s opening night of a one-man improv show that’s 7 hours in length (with one 25 minute intermission), that will run for 180 performances before taking…

At last update, summer school hadn’t started yet. Today was day 9 of summer school. Let me tell you, a lot can happen in 9 days plus a weekend. How much, you ask? I am a math teacher, after all. I’d be remiss if I didn’t put it into numbers. 7 students in my Algebra I…

Week one of Institute is done! It feels like years ago that I drove away from comfortable  Minnesota, but it was in fact just shy of two weeks ago. Crazy. Institute is one of those things that’s built up SO MUCH by so many different people with so many different attitudes that you reach a…

The past two days of Induction have gone by so quickly, and we’ve packed so much stuff in! Here are some highlights: -I had a chance today to go to the school where I’ll be working this fall and meet my principal and take a tour. My principal seems amazing and incredibly supportive, as do…

Tomorrow’s the big day! Okay, it’s one of several big days to come. But, it’s the first big day, so it counts all the same. Tomorrow is the beginning of Induction, which is Teach For America’s pre-Institute “get-to-know-you” period. We have four full days in Memphis before heading (further) south to Mississippi. The last time…