One Fine Morning—
“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . ....
View ArticleInstitute: Day One
Well, here I am– after months of anticipation– I am sitting in my dorm room with my amazing roommate Anna at the University of Memphis. Today was our first day of Institute, and let me just say… they...
View ArticleInstitute: Day Two
Two days of Institute done! It feels like I have been here forever already. Today was equally as amazing as yesterday. In the morning we listened to logistical information, but then we spent the rest...
View ArticleShout outs!
This will be brief but everything is going well! Shout out to Service Master for providing all Corps Members in Memphis with a $25 Amazon gift card to help us get our classrooms started. It is...
View ArticleBiking and building and… teaching?
Last summer, I rode a bike from Charleston, SC to Santa Cruz, CA for affordable housing through a program called Bike and Build. It was one of the hardest and most amazing experiences of my life, and I...
View ArticleUpdate!
Everything is still going well! I’m getting by on 4-5 hours of sleep a night, and I am having to get my own food a lot more than I would have wanted to because the food situation here is so terrible,...
View ArticleLast day of summer school tomorrow…
After a mere 2 1/2 weeks of teaching my summer school students, 100% of them saw growth on their final assessment, with over half of them reaching their specific final assessment goal in points (and...
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