This has got to be the most messed up conclusion I've ever come to: Breaks are bad for my mental/emotional health. In the past two years I've developed a healthy routine of work, exercise, chores/errands, and sleep. All of these aspects of my life...

Okay, so despite the amount of regular complaining I do on here (even going so far as to suggest quitting my job in January - which I'm still considering), I have felt much healthier physically, emotionally, and psychologically in the past few weeks....

Thanks to a number of comments on some of my previous posts, I've done some research on the school I'm at this year and discovered some shocking things about my administration that I'd gotten hints about from current colleages, but had never gotten the...

As I mentioned Monday, today was the last day for one of the new teachers in my department. I'm referring to her as Ms. Bennett on here. I found out yesterday that more teachers had quit than I knew about this year. It's not well-publicized for...

I have mixed emotions about my new third period senior capstone class. On the one hand, I generally enjoy the kids and they respect me. I come down incredibly hard on kids at the beginning of every class now. I'd learned to do that prior to moving...