The world won’t fall if you’re not holding it up**

My advisor opened the course for the graduate seminar a few days early. Downloaded the syllabus, drew out my calendar for June, and started thinking about my topic. I did a study about teacher work hours and teacher burnout in a previous course and want to do something that builds on the research I’ve already…

Another year has come and gone**

What a crazy year. I started teaching my students remotely from the desk in my classroom, then moved to teaching them remotely from my desk at home, and in April I went back to my classroom again. I taught 5 students in-person, 4 days a week. The rest of my students remained online only, and…

I know you’re out there**

Okay, I’ll be honest: I can’t have messages in my inbox – it doesn’t matter if they’re read or unread. I just can’t. I get anxious when I catch a glimpse of someone’s screen and they have a zillion unread emails. I actually had to turn off the notifications badge that shows the number of…