January 2011
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I substituted my first class Wednesday. It was a 6th grade natural science class. I was nervous, but just played up my quietness as strict authority and a no-bullshit demeanor. It worked.
I felt bad being such an asshole substitute, but I can start relaxing after I am more ingrained in the system and got the ropes of babysitting classrooms down. Right now I have to prove I can control a class; I...
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A California Christmas
It had been a decade since I last flew out to California. How time passes. The cousin with whom I was always closest is now married with a 9 month old baby. It made me miss simpler times when climbing trees and trading marbles our main activities. It was a very different and surreal family holiday.
My step-grandmother is in the more serious stages of dementia. She can hardly walk or interact and...
