This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Transitioning from a fulfilling teaching career to full-time motherhood is a journey many educators face,...
This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. I carried some doubts and an awkwardly packed tote bag containing my pumping equipment as...
I may be getting ahead of myself with the article title, but yes-- I assume that if you quit teaching you will pretty much automatically improve your quality of life. Your mental...
Let me introduce an adventurous and ornery Amish boy named Amos to you. Amos is a fictional ten-year-old living in the Amish vacation destination of Pinecraft, Florida, and he's cooked up a...
When it comes to teacher fashion, what do you think of? Does a wonderfully rustic, handmade pencil shirt fit into that first flurry of ideas? Perhaps there are a range of images...
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When news of the pandemic spread, its effects began to reach into every sector society, schools included. School systems were upended by sudden changes and totally new ways of doing things. Substitute...
There's plenty of talk on the Internet these days about achieving "financial freedom." Forums, YouTube playlists and social media platforms seem to have been set ablaze with discussing this new goal. If...
My daughter turned two, and there wasn't a simpler idea that came to my mind to celebrate her, other than: puppies. She loves puppies. She talks about them constantly, waves indiscriminately to...
The 2024-2025 school year is now in full swing where I'm from, as well as all over the country. There's something about a new school year. Freshly sharpened pencils, newly printed schedules...
"I just can't find any job that's worth it," my fellow former teacher friend sighed, as she recounted her stop-and-go experiences with numerous dead ends. For former teachers that took time off...
Substitute teaching for specials and electives classes can be different and even more chaotic than a regular day, but these interesting courses also carry the potential for more excitement and fun. At...