On Being Tired - GEN
In my 16-year career as a high school teacher, I have been through more lockdowns than I can countImage by Ulrike Mai from Pixabay There’s a bucket in my classroom. It’s bright yellow plastic with a sturdy black lid. It’s large. It looks like any one of the industrial sorts of buckets you might find in the aisles of Home Depot or in the dusty disarray of a construction site. It lives under my desk, just between a box of printer paper and a crate of student portfolios, and it has been there si...
On Being Tired - GEN
In my 16-year career as a high school teacher, I have been through more lockdowns than I can countImage by Ulrike Mai from Pixabay There’s a bucket in my classroom. It’s bright yellow plastic with a sturdy black lid. It’s large. It looks like any one of the industrial sorts of buckets you might find in the aisles of Home Depot or in the dusty disarray of a construction site. It lives under my desk, just between a box of printer paper and a crate of student portfolios, and it has been there si...
“Entry-Level” Jobs Are Everything Wrong With the 21st Century
And corporations are now reaping what they’ve sowedPhoto: Adrian Sulyok/Unsplash As a 41-year-old, I’ve seen the working world make a sizeable transition from when I was a kid to the point we’re at now. When I started working, it was all about “getting your foot in the door” with an entry-level job and working your way up. The pay wasn’t great (it wasn’t…
“Entry-Level” Jobs Are Everything Wrong With the 21st Century
And corporations are now reaping what they’ve sowedPhoto: Adrian Sulyok/Unsplash As a 41-year-old, I’ve seen the working world make a sizeable transition from when I was a kid to the point we’re at now. When I started working, it was all about “getting your foot in the door” with an entry-level job and working your way up. The pay wasn’t great (it wasn’t…
An Extended Break From the Rat Race Has Changed My Life
10 lessons learned that I never want to lose https://medium.com/@lindacastrilli?source=post_page-----942da44c924----------------------------------- Linda Castrilli https://index.medium.com/i-took-an-extended-break-from-the-rat-race-here-are-lessons-learned-that-i-never-want-to-lose-942da44c924?source=post_page-----942da44c924----------------------------------- Dec 16, 2021·6 min readPhoto: GettyImages In the spring of 2021, I left the corporate job I had been in for the prior seventeen years....
An Extended Break From the Rat Race Has Changed My Life
10 lessons learned that I never want to lose https://medium.com/@lindacastrilli?source=post_page-----942da44c924----------------------------------- Linda Castrilli https://index.medium.com/i-took-an-extended-break-from-the-rat-race-here-are-lessons-learned-that-i-never-want-to-lose-942da44c924?source=post_page-----942da44c924----------------------------------- Dec 16, 2021·6 min readPhoto: GettyImages In the spring of 2021, I left the corporate job I had been in for the prior seventeen years....
Things I Wish My Students Knew - Ellie Reaves - Medium
Photo by Barry Zhou on Unsplash I lost two students last month. Not students who are currently enrolled in my class, although I have experienced that particular sort of devastation. No, these students were in my class several years ago. My kids. Any teacher will tell you that this is how it works. When a student comes into my classroom, I tell them they have a lifetime warranty on their experience as my student…
Things I Wish My Students Knew - Ellie Reaves - Medium
Photo by Barry Zhou on Unsplash I lost two students last month. Not students who are currently enrolled in my class, although I have experienced that particular sort of devastation. No, these students were in my class several years ago. My kids. Any teacher will tell you that this is how it works. When a student comes into my classroom, I tell them they have a lifetime warranty on their experience as my student…
How People Who Kept Their New Year’s Resolutions Did It
Advice from people who achieved some pretty remarkable goals https://evepeyser.medium.com/?source=post_page-----763e1678591b----------------------------------- Eve Peyser https://evepeyser.medium.com/how-people-who-kept-their-new-years-resolutions-did-it-763e1678591b?source=post_page-----763e1678591b----------------------------------- Dec 17, 2021·7 min readPhoto by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Time is kinda fake, but the new year nevertheless feels like a clean slate, a moment where you have t...
How People Who Kept Their New Year’s Resolutions Did It
Advice from people who achieved some pretty remarkable goals https://evepeyser.medium.com/?source=post_page-----763e1678591b----------------------------------- Eve Peyser https://evepeyser.medium.com/how-people-who-kept-their-new-years-resolutions-did-it-763e1678591b?source=post_page-----763e1678591b----------------------------------- Dec 17, 2021·7 min readPhoto by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Time is kinda fake, but the new year nevertheless feels like a clean slate, a moment where you have t...
