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Month: July 2020

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Temperature Check

Posted on July 31, 2020 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

Every morning my daughter’s camp sends a link to a google form that I have to fill out. The third line is a morning temperature check. We also had to trac...

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Proactive and Persistent

Posted on July 29, 2020 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

This is a really good read about not just the current child care crisis, but the long term implications of women being forced out of the job market in the short...

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Anxiety spiral

Posted on July 28, 2020 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

{First I wanted to thank people for the supportive comments yesterday. I didn’t expect that post to be linked to elsewhere and I didn’t expect so ma...

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Why I changed my mind about returning to the classroom this fall

Posted on July 27, 2020 by noemikjames / 31 Comments

I have had a lot of complicated feelings about returning to school in the fall. At the beginning of the summer I was all about going back – for both me an...

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Tired of the trash talk

Posted on July 25, 2020 by noemikjames / 11 Comments

Our district pivoted to starting the school year with six weeks of distance learning. They sent out their announcement yesterday. I am relieved that we know how...

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Scratching that itch

Posted on July 24, 2020 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

The bright spot of our summer that got snuffed out earlier this month was the only bright spot I had planned. I put all my eggs in that basket and then that bas...

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Let the countdown begin

Posted on July 20, 2020 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

Yesterday was July 19th. My first day with students is August 19th. I’m officially one month away from the start of the school year. On Friday Governor Ne...

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Better than expected

Posted on July 18, 2020 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

Thank you all for the birthday wishes. I have to admit, I was dreading the day, but it ended up being quite nice. That was primarily because my cousin set up a ...

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20+20 = 40

Posted on July 17, 2020 by noemikjames / 8 Comments

It took me 20 years to realize that, starting in 2000, I could add the first two digits of the year, and the second two digits of the year, to remember out how ...

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Thoughts on using FFCRA this fall

Posted on July 15, 2020 by noemikjames / 7 Comments

SFUSD just announced their recommended “return to school” plan to the board and it will be distance learning for at least the first two months. My s...

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