Holiday Thank you card (Dec. 2012)
Holiday Thank you card (Dec. 2012)

This is one of those things that makes me realize why I love inspiring others.  It inspires  me, also.  This is by far, one of my favorite cards.

Comments from my colleagues (2008)
Comments from my colleagues (2008)

The teachers created these strips, for each other; during Teacher Appreciation week.  Every now and then, I look at these strips....if I need a good booster, for the day (no joke).

Christmas Card from Cindy (1999)
Christmas Card from Cindy (1999)

Oh, my GOSH.  This card is FUNNY AS HELL!!!!  I love what Cindy gave me and I sincerely keep this in my heart, always.....BUT, you HAVE to see how F$*#@  FUNNY this card is!!  I was Cindy's reading and ESL teacher.....so, I empathized with her journey.  But DAMN, this is STILL funny.  Obviously, she meant "peace".

Central H.S. (P.G. Cty., MD.) 1998--1999
Central H.S. (P.G. Cty., MD.) 1998--1999

I was so pleased to receive this farewell card from the Spanish class of Central High School.  Central High School was my first teaching job.  I was a daily, "in-house" substitute teacher.  I worked there, from:

October,1998---March, 1999.  Many of those teenagers were wild as hell!!  I was only 22 years old (I started, when I was 21)....so, I was just a few years older than the students.

5th grade (Sept. 2014)
5th grade (Sept. 2014)
Lesson on Global Warming (Nov. 2012)
Lesson on Global Warming (Nov. 2012)

Fielding a discussion on global warming, after our viewing of "An Inconvenient Truth".  

Now, an adult....(Oct. 2012)
Now, an adult....(Oct. 2012)

Wow, I'm getting old.  As you can see from the previous photos, I first met Pedro, when he was 10 years old (a wise-cracking, sarcastic, martial arts-obsessed, 10 year old---haha).  He's 23, in this photo.

Field Day, June 14, 2010
Field Day, June 14, 2010

Ahhh....6th graders.  There were some strong personalities, in here.

1st grade, Nov. 2006
1st grade, Nov. 2006

They could be annoying.....but, gotta love the 1st graders.

Science museum, May, 2001
Science museum, May, 2001

I was on a field trip with my students, in the Science Museum.  

6th grade, Dec. 2000
6th grade, Dec. 2000

My 6th grade class....right before the Christmas break.

Class photo (Feb. 2001)
Class photo (Feb. 2001)

Self-explanatory.  

Last day of school, June 2000
Last day of school, June 2000

My Drama students.

Drama Club, April 2000
Drama Club, April 2000

Drama Club photo shoot.

Radio show:  Drama Club (May, 2000)
Radio show: Drama Club (May, 2000)

The girls were recording their voice-over roles, for our original,

5-minute radio Drama.

Drama Club, Jan., 2000
Drama Club, Jan., 2000

I treated the kids to see the off-Broadway play, "Sizwe Banzai Is Dead".  The central theme was apartheid, in South Africa.

Parent-Teacher's Night (Feb. 2000)
Parent-Teacher's Night (Feb. 2000)

Meeting with parents.

Trip to Christmas play, Dec. 1999
Trip to Christmas play, Dec. 1999

Pedro's such a ham.

Trip to Christmas Play, Dec. 1999
Trip to Christmas Play, Dec. 1999

We're all preparing to go to the field trip.  Notice Pedro in the background, still doing Karate!!