Ms. Terry's Blog

I have a lot of thoughts on Los Angeles. Like A LOT. First, the city is huge area-wise. In fact, I'm not even sure it's a city. I think it's more of a conglomeration of different cities masquerading as one. My guide for LA in a Day dropped the fact that, in terms of square miles, LA is basically New York and Chicago put together. And that's why it takes forever to get places. People warned me about the traffic and yes, the traffic is bad. But the traffic seems to be a result of the sheer spread out nature of the city and people trying to get from work to home to everywhere else. Like, a barista at a coffee shop in Beverly Hills can't afford to live in Beverly Hills, so they commute. That's distance plus traffic equals nonsense. My commutes were okay in terms of traffic (except for Thursday morning trying to make it to my tour, ughh, but I still made it); everything is just super spread out.  Second, let's talk prices. Gas was expensive. The places you expect...

Y'all, I'm tired. August was long and there was a lot going on, good and bad and in the middle. Let's start with the bad. Being a woman is hard and you sometimes have unexpected health issues. IYKYK. Now, the in the middle. School started, both for teaching and my online classes at the University of Memphis. Let's start with teaching. I'm at a new school, and I was hired to be an auxiliary teacher that does small groups, push-ins, etc. And for one glorious day of in-service, I was an auxiliary teacher. And then we still needed an 8th grade ELA teacher and here we are. It's fine. Behavior is a major focus (thankfully) and my classes are way smaller than I've had in the past. But just in general, I am feeling less and less invested and hopeful about the state of public education. So this is just a general reminder to hold your children (if you have them) accountable for their actions and hold your elected officials accountable. Get out and vote when it's t...