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About Brevet Captain

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I am a reader and writer who appreciates the comedy and decency of dogs, the subtleties of whiskey, and the pure beauty of a pulling guard in the open field.

Writers whose works I love: Neal Stephenson, Thomas Pynchon, Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, Herman Melville, Ishmael Reed, Leo Tolstoy, Franz Kafka, Feodor Dostoevsky, Anton Chekhov, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and James Joyce.

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24-Dec 12

Summarize your fall semester in one sentence.

allisonunsupervised:

itssnix:

Mine: The sweet memories with precious students were well worth the exhaustion.

What is yours?

Easier doesn’t always mean better. 

Two terms, thousands of pages, great student progress.

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Notes
  1. julioesuashistorias answered: I need a holiday.
  2. rjccourt answered: Learning about elementary school after 17 years of high school has been amazing.
  3. axiom-of-miller said: Unexpectedly easy and difficult at the same time.
  4. mohamed1901 answered: bein
  5. jumpsandbumps answered: Where did the time go?
  6. akdragonfly answered: Teacher scarf
  7. norwayspruce reblogged this from itssnix and added:
    Grade my freakin papers already!
  8. mrshotboxer reblogged this from itssnix
  9. ditlife reblogged this from mrsjdr and added:
    New course meant...lot of work, but it...for the opportunity...
  10. lol-livinoutloud answered: High school 9th graders are more hormonal than middle school 8th graders
  11. prepinflux answered: I rediscovered my love for academia; however, I still hate accounting.
  12. ariannehk answered: I survived!
  13. expectajayus answered: I gave up in September
  14. listenlearninspireteach reblogged this from girlwithalessonplan and added:
    Empathy is a large burden to carry, but worth it’s weight in gold, don’t ever become too comfortable else the surprises...
  15. kasdev answered: It was a learning experience, and I am going back in January a more confident teacher than I was in July. :)
  16. ive-lost-myself-forever reblogged this from 1fitmommy and added:
    Kyle: Terrible, deceptive and getting worse by the day.
  17. 1fitmommy reblogged this from itssnix and added:
    Jenifer: a freaking nightmare but a success! :))
  18. learn2teach-teach2learm reblogged this from girlwithalessonplan and added:
    A most incredible learning experience.
  19. thebeneathofthesecret answered: it was too hard and complicated „ but finally finished and passed with good result!!!!
  20. foreverbeefree answered: I had forgotten how much I love being the student; it’s almost as engaging as being the teacher.
  21. j-unscripted reblogged this from allisonunsupervised and added:
    U.S. History & Drivers’ Ed nearly killed me.
  22. bornwithwealth reblogged this from itssnix
  23. imaginarypalimpsest answered: Darn I should have studied harder.
  24. lovefrommolly answered: Wait seriously, what happened?
  25. daintylion reblogged this from girlwithalessonplan and added:
    I pushed myself, pushed my students, became emotionally drained, and sometimes felt like it was worth something.
  26. rev320productions reblogged this from itssnix and added:
    Mine was good education in the mist of personal storms. The storm has passed.
  27. pageofvent reblogged this from itssnix and added:
    Hard work worth chasing
  28. youngfreeradical reblogged this from itssnix and added:
    Another new beginning, more failure, more wisdom and a budding romance.
  29. dburnfin reblogged this from itssnix and added:
    Thank goodness school is out.I wont remember anything in a week
  30. coldlikedeath reblogged this from itssnix and added:
    I have never had more shit flung at me but I lived, and there was good in
  31. jewelstoner13 reblogged this from girlwithalessonplan
  32. kaylainspirianahayya reblogged this from itssnix
  33. allisoncatherine88 answered: LOTS of learning, including when to shut my mouth and walk away.
  34. khandibugg reblogged this from ofspaceandcolour and added:
    I… Moving out and experiencing...bigger world outside
  35. everyfiredies answered: Second year is hard, but not as hard as the first, and I still have so much to learn.
  36. ofspaceandcolour reblogged this from girlwithalessonplan and added:
    For the first time, I felt like I was human. Being in college, not high school, no teacher or student talked down to me....


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