If you don’t listen to a lot of podcasts, this will mean nothing and you can move on.

Who’s still around?

I am of Mexican descent. My husband is a Muslim immigrant. I’ve almost become desensitized to everyone I love being a symbol of invasion and a clash of civilizations for an alarming percentage of white people.

I am working with our trauma specialist to set up a space in our class in which our students can calm down and re-regulate. I made an Amazon list for some supplies, if anyone is interested in helping out. This will be the only time I post this so I don’t annoy all of you!

The landlords apologized, and assured us it wouldn’t happen again. I think the property manager was getting lazy with this sort of thing and talking to the landlord directly helped. Thanks!

I posted about the danger posed to our teacher raises a while ago. There’s now a petition.

Last night I accidentally punched myself in the face while trying to pull up my weighted blanket, while going to bed at 8:30, in case anyone was wondering how ready I am for Winter Break. 

I’m livid. San Francisco, the most expensive city in the US, recently voted to give teachers like myself an 11% raise over two years.

I’m alive. Just busy. About to get my MA in English Language Learner Education. More than halfway through parent conference week. My classroom has calmed down a bit.

I had a moment of horror today.

As promised: