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Teaching before Christmas is like a Peanut Butter and A Mustard Sandwich

****I wrote this two years ago and choose to repost it in honor of my dear teaching friends! Hang in there! Only one more day for some, or maybe three!

Teaching and Christmas is like…..

….. putting mustard on a peanut butter sandwich.

It doesn’t mix well.

Year after year the day we came back from Thanksgiving weekend, it began.

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Which side of the Coin?

January 9, 2018Spiritual Encouragement, Teachingcall on your life, coins, compassion, encourage, encouragement for moms, encouragement for teachers, first year teacher, homeschooling, homeschooling mom, learning styles, Love one another, mom, new homeschooling mom, new mom, new teacher, respect, teacher, TEACHER MOM, teaching position, two sides of the coinT.W. Allgaier

I am sure you have heard this: “There are two sides to every coin?

Most of us have been on both sides at one time or another.

An employee/employer.

Child/Parent….my favorite! Sometimes around your parents, you feel like a twelve-year-old again. Or when you get around your own children and they like to tease and make you feel like a very old woman!

I have been a student, a public school teacher, a new mom, a homeschooling mom, a mom of public/private school teenagers, and a public school teacher, partially retired…in that order. I have been on both sides of the coin, maybe several coins. Often those coins were shiny…but sometimes very dull and scratched! Continue reading Which side of the Coin? →