October 14th, 2011 at 3:25PM
Oh my goodness.  I would’ve used this SO MUCH back in my days as a teacher (if it wasn’t so inappropriate!). xoxo, Mandie

Oh my goodness.  I would’ve used this SO MUCH back in my days as a teacher (if it wasn’t so inappropriate!).

xoxo,

Mandie

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September 2nd, 2011 at 11:09PM

Announcement: I’ve resigned as an educator.

It is with mixed emotions, but predominantly relief and excitement, that I am announcing that last year was my last year teaching children, at least for a while.

There are a couple reasons for my decision…

The first is that it was an EXTREMELY stressful job.  Those still teaching, I admire you, and appreciate you.  I will never stop supporting educationally-based politics that ACTUALLY MAKE SENSE, and I plan to volunteer in classrooms and with children for a very long time. I am sure that I made the job more stressful on myself by not being the best at classroom management…  I gave the kids too much freedom, and then had to deal with them being all over the place as a consequence.  For some reason, being consistently strict was hugely challenging to me.  My stress caused/perpetuated physical problems, like giant knots in my back that I had to get injections in, and that a physical therapist noticed were worse three days after Spring break than during Spring break.  

The second reason is that modeling and makeup are really taking off for me, and I think it’s time to pursue that dream.  I still plan to finish my Master’s Degree (I should finish this Spring), and to potentially teach again, but more than likely, it will be at the university level.

It’s scary, and exciting, but mostly exciting.

There are definitely some things that I am going to miss (and if any students are reading this, I’m talking to you!

I am going to need the support and encouragement from my family and friends, because this industry can definitely be brutal.

Thanks for reading!  I’d love to know what you think!

xoxo,

Mandie

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August 7th, 2011 at 7:41AM
If I was a Chemistry teacher & cell phones weren’t against the rules in our school, I would TOTALLY put up a big poster like this in my room! xoxo, Mandie world-shaker: QR Code Periodic Table with Symbols Each element is a QR code that, when scanned, takes you to a video about that element. Amazing! Oh, AND it’s available for download as a HUGE image (that you could probably print out and hang in your classroom). (by Periodic Videos)

If I was a Chemistry teacher & cell phones weren’t against the rules in our school, I would TOTALLY put up a big poster like this in my room!

xoxo,

Mandie

world-shaker:

QR Code Periodic Table with Symbols

Each element is a QR code that, when scanned, takes you to a video about that element. Amazing!

Oh, AND it’s available for download as a HUGE image (that you could probably print out and hang in your classroom).

(by Periodic Videos)

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May 18th, 2011 at 11:20PM
This is a post from the nutrition tumblr I made to showcase my students’ work. It explains how to calculate how many pounds of sugar you consume yearly by drinking soda! I thought it was pretty crazy! xoxo, Mandie mslnutrition: During Ms. Cieszki’s second visit she showed us how to figure out how many pounds of sugar you consume in one year by drinking soda!  Here she is with a student who weighs about 75 pounds but calculated that he eats about 52 pounds of sugar each year! 1.  Start with the # of 12oz cans of soda you drink per week. 2.  Multiply it by the number of teaspoons of sugar in a can (which is nine). 3.  Multiply that product by the number of weeks in a year (52). 4.  Divide that number by 56 to find the number of pounds of sugar you consume in a year!

This is a post from the nutrition tumblr I made to showcase my students’ work.

It explains how to calculate how many pounds of sugar you consume yearly by drinking soda!

I thought it was pretty crazy!

xoxo,

Mandie

mslnutrition:

During Ms. Cieszki’s second visit she showed us how to figure out how many pounds of sugar you consume in one year by drinking soda!  Here she is with a student who weighs about 75 pounds but calculated that he eats about 52 pounds of sugar each year!

1.  Start with the # of 12oz cans of soda you drink per week.

2.  Multiply it by the number of teaspoons of sugar in a can (which is nine).

3.  Multiply that product by the number of weeks in a year (52).

4.  Divide that number by 56 to find the number of pounds of sugar you consume in a year!

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May 18th, 2011 at 11:17PM

Check it out!

I made a blog to showcase a project my students did.  It documents every step of the way.

Please check it out!  

Tumblr users - it would be cool if you “followed” it.  There aren’t going to be any more posts, but I’d love to be able to show my students that they have shared their info with a lot of people.  

The link is here:  http://www.tumblr.com/mslnutrition 

Let me know what you think, please!

xoxo,

Mandie

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