http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/ Reflections on my first year as a teacher in the New York City public school system. en-us thelwell@earthlink.net 2005-09-03T13:19:29-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/archives/000093.html Donate to the American Red Cross... 93@http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/ 2005-09-03T13:19:29-05:00 http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/archives/000091.html Even though I stopped updating this blog more than a year ago, people still read it and write to me about it. Spammers have, however, forced me to shut down trackback and comments. Sad, isn't it? I would still like... 91@http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/ 2005-04-27T11:43:11-05:00 http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/archives/000090.html The Urban Education Journal is now up and running. My co-editors are Jason Brezina and Christine Back, both of whom are also Cohort 5 New York City Teaching Fellows. We are scheduled to graduate with our Masters in Science in... 90@http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/ 2004-05-10T11:16:39-05:00 http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/archives/000089.html I should have posted this a long time ago, and I apologize to those you have read this blog and wondered why I stopped posting. Certainly lack of time and energy, and major personal life matter to deal with, contributed... 89@http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/ 2004-04-08T14:06:03-05:00 http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/archives/000088.html I can't believe I'm starting a new year of this blog by apologizing for not posting but, there it is. Several people have written asking if I will still be writing this and, although I've assured them that I will,... 88@http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/ 2003-09-29T17:43:25-05:00 http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/archives/000087.html Those of you who have been following the education system here in New York City know that Chancellor Klein, in one fell swoop, swept away the hodgepodge of curricula in the schools, and declared that New York City schools would... 87@http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/ 2003-07-26T19:54:19-05:00 http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/archives/000086.html (with apologies to Elton John: I'm Still Standing from the album "Elton John: The Greatest Hits 1970-2002" by Elton John) The past six weeks has been the most unpleasant extended period of my life since I crammed for and took... 86@http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/ 2003-07-13T13:46:15-05:00 http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/archives/000085.html That's right. There are six weeks left to the school year. I can hardly believe it. Now there's hardly time to get everything done. This week the kids take the performance section of the statewide Science test. It should be... 85@http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/ 2003-05-12T20:13:27-05:00 http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/archives/000084.html First, my apologies to readers who have written to me -- especially new Fellows -- for my slow responses. As you'll see, this has been a trying week. But I was startled to find that the URL for this weblog... 84@http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/ 2003-05-08T15:43:23-05:00 http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/archives/000083.html You may have realized from reading this blog that I am a "cat lady". I have certain limits, of course; I won't have more than four indoors, and they're all spayed or neutered. (I know that sounds like no limit... 83@http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/ 2003-04-27T13:01:40-05:00 http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/archives/000082.html so irony is the guiding principle of the Universe." (Apologies to Spider Robinson if that's a misquote.) I generally don't discuss politics in this blog except to the extent they have a direct impact on the NYC public schools, and... 82@http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/ 2003-04-24T23:51:37-05:00 http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/archives/000081.html and the nosy little rodents will beat a path to your door. Or something like that. This weekend, my friend Jack came down from New Hampshire, and we built the gerbil trap. I had waited to do it, because I... 81@http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/ 2003-04-22T10:43:04-05:00 http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/archives/000080.html For those of you who have been watching for my obituary, I am not, in fact, dead yet. I just feel that way. I have cold number six (or maybe five, if cold number 4 was actually cold number 3... 80@http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/ 2003-04-11T14:42:58-05:00 http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/archives/000079.html [Three -- count 'em -- three entries] Well, I'm not sure I mentioned that Tommy had her third litter sometime in January, shortly followed by her first litter of grandchildren, born to the pair I gave to my buddy teacher.... 79@http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/ 2003-03-02T17:27:42-05:00 http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/archives/000078.html [Yup! Two entries today!] We have successfully -- or not -- navigated the waters to, and past, the statewide ELA exam. The next problem is the Scylla and Charybdis of the Statewide Math and Science tests at the beginning of... 78@http://65.18.220.64/thelwell.org/teacher/ 2003-03-02T16:47:22-05:00