Month: May 2011

Spinning Report Card Comments

I’m on the outside this term, watching my colleagues grapple with report cards from facebook and twitter sidelines while I play with Jack who is now a little over 4 months old. Look how cute he is :) One of my colleagues posted this video today and it made me think about those comments we Spinning Report Card Comments

Another lesson from baby Jack about trying to do too much

Remember my post about how much I love tutoring? Well, I do love it. The thing is, I realized that I wasn’t ready to be away from Jack for even a few hours. I quickly began to resent the preparation, not the tutoring prep, that’s fun :) but the having to pump milk, driving him Another lesson from baby Jack about trying to do too much

Clear eyes and a full heart go for teaching, too.

Clear eyes. Full heart. Can’t lose. Trite football cheer from a tv show, perhaps but all the same, I’d say it’s ‘how-to-be-a-good-teacher’ in a cheer. Clear eyes – stay focused on what it is you need to do: Teach kids, work towards deeper understandings, create learners. Full heart – love what you do and who Clear eyes and a full heart go for teaching, too.

I love tutoring :)

**Cross-posted at Camping out with Tracy & Jack** Oops! I neglected to write about this! I had forgotten how much I love tutoring. I met Eunice and Eugene (not their real names but if I ever have twins I may just need to torture them with those names – delightful!) on Wednesday and the 2 I love tutoring :)