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a certain slant of light.
http://www.sylviatheteacher.blogspot.com
A teacher struggles with the paths her life takes--taking an in depth look through words and the lens of her camera at all things delicate, small, quiet, and wonderful in her life. This is her life documented, including budget cuts, a marriage, movement towards graduate school, starting a family, love, laughter, and four furry companions, trying new things and taking risks.
- Added on: Apr 12th, 2007
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Molly
- Listed in: Writing Photo Blogs
- Tags: recipes poetry teaching writing photographs life documented
Recent Posts
moving on.
This is my last post here. From now on, you can find me at field | work. I hope you join me there.Saying good-bye to this space seems stranger than I expected it would. I know it is the symbolic move from being a high school English teacher to a g...
10 things
Ten things I love about teaching:1. The summer2. That lightbulb look when they get it3. Passionate students4. Teaching until the bell, not clockwatching5. Students who want to share their accomplishments, no matter what they are, with you6. Exp...
and then there were none
I write to you from an empty classroom. It's quiet, finally, little balls of paper strewn about the floor, broken crayons and pencil nubs, abandoned books stacked precariously, post-its come unstuck from my computer monitor, half in and half out, ha...
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Sometimes it feels as if no one realizes it's time to say goodbye. The drifting out of the classroom makes complete sense to them; the passing through the door is part of everyday. They won't turn back; it should be that way. I won't turn back eit...
photoshop diptych
A tutorial from Lisa Solomon, one of my favorite artists (she has now created a monster): her tutorialAnd me? Still procrastinating. Still thinking of brilliant multiple choice questions for clever students--don't want to insult them with too much ...
honestly.
I used to love going to coffee shops and sitting for hours and just conversing and wondering about the world.I feel as if I've stagnated a bit these past few years, as if my brain simply stopped and I regressed. I've never felt less smart, less clev...
