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Hindsight: The Prom

Ruthi — Sat, 15 May 2010 17:49:29 +0000

It’s almost Prom season here now.

One of the fond memories I had during my teaching career was attending the JS Prom. The Prom is one of the highlights of High School. Most students look forward to it. And most of them have their own share of Prom memories… either bad or [...]

Question: Wanna Bet?

Ruthi — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:55:38 +0000

It was just an ordinary morning at work. About few minutes before the school bell rang, my staff approached me and told me… “That teacher is so mean!”

I was surprised by his remark then out of curiosity I asked him… “Why? What did she do?”

“She told the kid to [...]

Subject Matter: Preparedness

Ruthi — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:34:22 +0000

Be prepared! There will be a test tomorrow.

As a student, once the teacher said that… I would instantaneously succumb to a mild to serious panic attack depending on what kind of test the teacher was talking about. I hate test! Who doesn’t? Tests or exams have a negative implication regardless of [...]

Un-teach Me

Ruthi — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:31:10 +0000

The hardest lesson I learned from being a teacher is… to un-teach myself.

Life is a teaching-learning process and the world is your classroom. And being an educator is not just a profession (I wish it were)… it is a lifetime commitment. The compensation is not much but huge in other “fringe” [...]

Re-educating myself

Ruthi — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:17:12 +0000

My NOTE: This was written during the first few months of my adjustment period here in Maine. I am posting it here because I am currently downsizing my blog accounts and merging them for easy management. Hope you find this interesting.

I have been out of work for more than six months [...]

Teaching the Teacher

Ruthi — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:18:26 +0000

I talked to my long time friend and colleague on the phone last week. It was not the regular “hi-hello-goodbye-what’s-new-wuzzup” kind of call that we usually had. It was a tough conversation that was so hard to for me to digest. It was the most devastating news that I ever received so far [...]

Today’s Subject Matter: Laziness

Ruthi — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:23:45 +0000

My Bad!

I have not written anything here for a long time. I have no alibi. I am plain lazy!

I am working only part-time and have more free time everyday and yet, I can’t convince myself to write anything. Having 8 blogs finally took a toll on me. I do write every [...]

Making or Breaking

Ruthi — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:10:05 +0000

My 4th Grader, 10 year old niece would be the only and the youngest drop-out in the family. My brother told me that Lara is dropping out from school. Lara is a vibrant and smart little girl. She was accelerated from nursery to kindergarten the first time she entered school because she was too smart for her age. [...]

Concept Crisis

Ruthi — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:56:48 +0000

Here is the thing. Now that my dream blog finally came true, I have a big problem with it too. I don’t know what “concept” I should put into it. I mean, I needed to make it distinct from the other blogs that I have. And who doesn’t want that? Of course, I want [...]

Definitely not Another AHA Moment

Ruthi — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:40:51 +0000

For one whole week now… I have spent more time in this blog… lay-outing, fixing, changing, re-installing, redesigning, rewriting, and re-doing bits and pieces of everything that is related to this blog. It was time consuming but fun. And as a mom of a new born baby… my attention is focused in this one. [...]