Before the Bell and the Babies:

A First-Year Teacher’s Tale Let me take you back to a time before diaper bags, dinner duty, and digital calendars filled with swim lessons and pediatrician appointments. It’s me. First-year teacher me. Twenty-something, bright-eyed and… wildly underprepared for what teaching middle school actually meant. I walked into my first classroom with color-coded folders, inspirational posters … Continue reading Before the Bell and the Babies: