Thank you for joining us on this Valentine's Day Blog Hop where some great secondary teachers are sharing confessions from the heart about teaching!1) I like when former students come back to visit me or see me in a restaurant and say hey! It’s always funny because they don’t know if they should call me Julie or Mrs. Faulkner. They usually choose Mrs. Faulkner!2) I like having student work to hang on my walls because I hate making bulletin boards. I’m even guilty of having a cute activity planned but run out of time in class to do it, … [Read more...]
Ways People React to Test Anxieties That Might Annoy Others: Are You Guilty?
Testing season is upon us, and with that comes test anxiety. Although, I’m not sure who has more anxiety about the tests – teachers or students! Either way, the stress that goes along with testing is very real, so I thought a light-hearted post was in order. This post was inspired by a conversation I had with my students after they completed the state writing exam, which is timed and taken on the computers. We aren’t allowed to administer the test to our own students or discuss test content, but I always like to ask them how they felt about … [Read more...]
