Posted by Amanda on 08/10/10 in Loving/Hating, Random Ramblings, Teach for America, Very Exciting Things, Work Stories
1. The new staff at my school. As my school is a new charter, we are adding a grade every year. Thus, we doubled the size of our staff in, this, our second year. Luckily, our new staff is as ridiculously amazing, funny, smart, and collaborative as our old staff, leading us to have ridiculously [...]
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Posted by Amanda on 02/1/10 in Daily Life, Friends, LA, Loving/Hating
I love impromptu day trips to The Getty, when I remember what it feels like to be intellectual and realize just how beautiful California can be. I love Saturday night dinners with my sister where even after spending 4 hours together we still have endless things to talk about while splitting gnocchi in four cheese [...]
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Posted by Amanda on 10/24/09 in Daily Life, Kids say the darnedest things, Loving/Hating, Work Stories
I play this game with my adivisory girls that I learned from my elementary school cousins in Boston called High Low, where you say the good things that happened and then the bad. They aren’t great at it, as their answers are always mildly vauge and tend to the negative side (they’re 14. Life is [...]
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Posted by Amanda on 06/23/08 in Class Stories, Daily Life, Life Sucks, Loving/Hating, Out on the Town
Loving: My Saturday night spent out on the town with my uncle. We started at an art opening, where I got to drink free alcohol (delicious Pinot Grigio) that wasn’t in red or plastic (or both) cup and rename art work with one of my favorite family members. Uncle D then took me to Rocca in the [...]
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