Paige 📚

I am two weeks into my career that isn't teaching... I feel grief. Disappointment (in myself ... in the system)... but I also feel rejuvenated... relaxed ....
I will mourn the teaching experience I was meant to have for the rest of my life, but it feels good to be out 🎉

Rebranding because I have left the world of teaching and "Ms W English," just isn't me anymore!

I should go to sleep but I cannot stop thinking about the book I just finished. I hate when there's no one to talk about it with 🥲

Many students did not feel the same way. They said, "He's just whining about his life," and I said, "You whine all the time!!!" They said it was TOO relatable. I've only ever read the book as an adult. I hope they revisit Holden one day and see how things change.

I taught Catcher in the Rye as a whole class text for the first time this year. We listened to an incredible audio book. This was my third read of the book and by far my favorite. Truly an incredible story.

My body always knows when a school break has begun because it immediately gets extremely sick 🫠

When I say I want a home library I mean I want thousands of books in my house and also everyone shutup

Last year, I had to implement a rule/boundary that I would ONLY grade late work on a specified day after school. This year, it's Thursday because I am staying late for detention anyway. It puts responsibility on both the students and myself. Without this boundary I was DROWNING.

I guess I'm also confused about how the app works still as well 😭

You’re not violating a reading rule if you opt not to finish a book that's not resonating with you. Life is finite and we thus have a finite number of books to read. Reading shouldn’t be a chore. You needn’t feel guilty for ensuring that your time reading is spent reading things that you love.

Storm of a trillion stars

Peter by Taylor Swift is so underrated and so incredible

A Little Life 🥲
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 🥲
The Bluest Eye 🥲