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Feeling the Burn: Renew & Reflect #5: Positivity (& SWCBlogger Challenge #5, too!)
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Sunday, February 15, 2015. Renew and Reflect #5: Positivity (& SWCBlogger Challenge #5, too! I admit it. This post is a bit of a cheat. I'm answering the question, "How do I stay positive and share/encourage positivity with my students? For two blog challenges: Teach Thought Online Community's Reflect and Renew. And the SWC Blogger's challenges. My prerogative, since I chose the prompt for this week's SWC Bloggers! I wish I had written the post. My colleague Adjective's Noun. So when students make mistak...
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Eat the Yolk: March 2012
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Just do it. You know you want to. Sunday, March 18, 2012. Triumphant, Uncomfortable, Still employed, and Groggy: A Week in Review. Looking back on my little post on living in the "discomfort zone," it seems like quite an optimistic rallying cry. I love getting the positive feedback, of course, and I'm overjoyed if it brought an ounce of happy to your life. It's good to be reminded that things can feel that right. So One week down. How's my list of resolutions going? Darn that hasty post! Got up during a ...
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Eat the Yolk: February 2012
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Just do it. You know you want to. Tuesday, February 28, 2012. It's What I Know. The school's absence policy is strict: two weeks of missed classes and you are out. Armed with this reassurance from the dean, I walked into class, prepared to go to the mat on this issue. As I left class, I felt myself slip into a familiar pattern of thinking: trapped between my "take a hard line" self and my "Yes! Limitless compassion for all! I walk past my own self-loathing. Like I walk past animals in the zoo. So, fine, ...
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Eat the Yolk: October 2011
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Just do it. You know you want to. Saturday, October 29, 2011. Yoga babies. No, it's not an attempt to rip off the ever-growing yoga clothing industry, nor did I witness some strange new Mommy-and-Me mutation. It's the perfect description for the class I had today. And this one: "I notice that this student takes a creative approach to the conventions of English! Ahh, a beginner's mind can be a welcome relief to the drudgery of the day. You know those classes that seem to have bad energy? Writing is like m...
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Eat the Yolk: January 2012
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Just do it. You know you want to. Thursday, January 26, 2012. I've been surprised by a lot of what life's thrown at me. Relationships, births, deaths, adventurous travels- all of it, so unexpected. And yet, so tiny on the map. But after reading Emily Rapp's lovely article over on The Rumpus. Thanks to my dear friends for letting those roots mingle. Tuesday, January 24, 2012. Be aware. Be VERY aware. I really wish I were eating a pomelo.". Is there any limit to the utter insanity of mental chatter? We do ...
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Eat the Yolk: September 2011
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Just do it. You know you want to. Sunday, September 25, 2011. But I've been haunted by this quote by poet W.S. Merwin since I heard it two weeks ago. "Little breath, breathe me gently," he writes, "for I am a river I am trying to cross. Ah So much here. I think we all know what it's like to experience anxiety and fear. What happens when we perceive something as being fearful? Are not. It's like something is breathing us. Maybe that's why noticing it can be so centering.). Sunday, September 4, 2011. Don't...
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Sharpening My Tongue: January 2015
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015. Zombies, and Faulkner, and Letters, oh my! This semester, I am teaching two hybrid 116 classes, so both of those are new for me! Prior to this, I taught basic writing courses at UCSD, tutor training at Mesa, and a couple 115 courses. Because I was a new teacher, my friends helped me out A LOT as I pieced together course schedules, reading materials, and lesson plans. I don't know what I would do without my colleagues. And the students will be writing their research papers on ou...
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Eat the Yolk: April 2012
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Just do it. You know you want to. Sunday, April 29, 2012. I want to talk about payoffs. Every month, I put $100 into a retirement account. The hope is that 35 years from now I will withdraw those monthly donations, and that with interest I'll have accumulated a nice little nest egg. (Do you hear the sound of me blithely ignoring the stock market as it drips steadily downward? Ignorance is bliss.). One thing I think we can all agree on, though. The destination can be pretty sweet. Jamul, Hollenbeck Canyon.
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Eat the Yolk: March 2014
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Just do it. You know you want to. Monday, March 3, 2014. It was with a heavy heart that I emailed my Bikram instructor to let her know that I was going to take a hiatus from her studio. Now, I've never been a fan of Bikram himself. I used to look upon him with bemusement, as one might a cute but useless puppy with a rug-piddling problem: "Hey! Great example of a charismatic narcissist who somehow managed to line up some yoga postures in a way that works well for many people.". I had also heard about his ...
