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The Burst Bubble: First-Year Teaching

Getting your first job right after college is scary. Who will hire someone who has no experience outside of internship or student-teaching? One just spent 4 years (or more) preparing for a job and now it’s up to that person to get the job. And it isn’t always easy. So, when I had a chanceContinue reading “The Burst Bubble: First-Year Teaching”

Anxiety Disorder: Talk to Yourself!

So far, there has been no computer built that is faster than the brain and the nervous system. It may seem like they process faster than humans do, but they don’t. Yes, they can calculate a math problem faster than most, but they can’t send signals like our brain and nervous system does with suchContinue reading “Anxiety Disorder: Talk to Yourself!”

Student-Teaching: Creating the Bubble

Most teachers have someone in their childhood or teens that inspired them to take the same walk in life–to the front of the classroom. I honestly didn’t like my teachers at all, except for my 1st-grade teacher, who was also my mother’s friend (see blogs #2 and #3), but even her I wasn’t too keenContinue reading “Student-Teaching: Creating the Bubble”

Hell on Earth: Anxiety Disorder

The therapist glared at me as I cried my usual mincing tears, and he suddenly snapped, “Stop crying! You’re not sad. You’re angry.” Surprising myself, my simpering stopped immediately and I matched him glare for glare. It’s so much easier to be angry. Was he right? I had been angry all along? At what, exactly?Continue reading “Hell on Earth: Anxiety Disorder”

Ghost Hunt #2: The Jail of Horror

As we prepared to leave Houston (Willowbrook area) to go to Hallettsville, TX, approximately 2 hours away, I turned to my sister with my heart pounding and said, “I have a bad feeling about this.” Usually my bad feelings lead to some disaster and I wasn’t happy. She turned to me with her trademark smirkContinue reading “Ghost Hunt #2: The Jail of Horror”

About Me Part Three

She did what? I remember it, which is strange since my memory is like an elusive, wild animal with a will of its own and a teasing nature. The first home I had was in a modest Chicago suburb called Maywood, which has since sunk into something more like despair and poverty. It’s a shame,Continue reading “About Me Part Three”

About Me Part TWO

James L Nelson The L initial in James L Nelson stands for nothing. James didn’t have a middle name, so he produced a letter because people always ask. It tells you greatly about James that he only chose an initial when he could have had a full name. By the way My mother shaped myContinue reading “About Me Part TWO”