edu180atl: natasha ambriz 5.10.12

The best things come in small packages. I never paid much attention to what this saying could actually mean.  My way of thinking about it changed as I encountered a small but very difficult task for me:

Today, I had to run a mile during P.E. class – that’s 7 laps around the soccer field. I was less than thrilled because “running” would definitely not be on my list of strengths or things that I enjoy. The blazing sun discouraged me even more. I was forced to run it though, because if I didn’t, Coach would give me a zero. Read more

edu180atl: colette bennett 5.9.12

Not every 9th grader knows the story of Romeo and Juliet. Today, Nick read the verse aloud,  ”Here’s to my love!/O true apothecary!/Thy drugs are quick. /Thus, with a kiss, I die,” and fell to the ground.  Read more

edu180atl: brandi gunn 5.8.12

Today, an article I found while performing a literature search caught my attention: “Bioethics and environment: a hermeneutic approach.”  Hermeneutic?  What’s that?  Hermeneutics, per Wikipedia, is the study of the theory and practice of interpretation.  WOW! Read more

edu180atl: martha cox 5.7.12

This past Saturday, my dance studio had its final recital…an event that we work towards the entire year. It’s a culmination of all that the students have learned and their opportunity to showcase those skills to family and friends on a grand stage. As an instructor and studio director for many years, I like to think of myself as prepared for what will happen; I’ve worked with these girls, I know their strengths and weaknesses, and I think I know how things will turn out when they take their dance from the studio to the stage. Read more

edu180atl: pamela hopkins 5.4.12

Today was READing Paws Day. For the last 6 years my students have enjoyed reading to therapy dogs as a part of the READing Paws program. READing Paws is the Georgia Chapter of the national R.E.A.D. (Reading Education Assistance Dogs) program. I began with one dog and now have 8 dogs who come to my school on a weekly basis. Read more

edu180atl: dara harper 5.3.12

Last Thanksgiving, I was the guest of a lovely family in California. The older woman sitting next to me began telling me about her baklava she had made for dessert. As the conversation progressed, she revealed that she had been the very first secretary for the very first computer. The first computer ever! Then she told me that she had worked with Professor Einstein.(!) Read more

edu180atl: annie gough 5.2.12

I love to read.  I get excited when I read.  I get inspired when I read.  I like to read Nate the Great and Ready Freddy and Junnie B. Jones.  Junie B. Jones books really inspire me, because they are easy.  There are hard words, and I like to read them. I get to learn new words. I learn to spell. Read more

edu180atl: julie sadtler 5.1.12

When I found out I was writing on May Day, I knew I could very easily weave in the themes of my own personal development journey into this post.  Over the last six months, and really over my entire life, I have been seeking for ways to learn and grow from life’s curve balls, and this year has been no exception. Read more

edu180atl: dawn pile 4.30.12

Chilled, fizzy, overflowing, warm…I sipped bountifully from the life of First Grade today. Read more

edu180atl: laura coe 4.27.12

Today I had an important test in the class I have the lowest grade in: Ancient History and Religion. I’d been studying furiously for the previous four periods, in which I had good luck and had been granted a lot of free time. Finally, history rolled around and I flew through the test like it was nothing.

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