mrpoe1978

My life has been mildly to completely shitty as of late. Thankfully and mercifully, things seem to be looking up a bit. I hate how life goes in waves. For once, I'd like to be steady for an extended period of time. I want more times like Friday night, for instance, which found me with a large group of acquaintances, being very outgoing (for me,...
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At times, I feel supreme confidence, as though I can do anything.
At times, I feel so totally fucking socially awkward that I can't stand being in public.

I have no problem talking to and teaching/working with a large group of adolescents on a daily basis.
I feel nervous in a group of adults. Always. I'm much better one-on-one.

Anger is an emotion with which...
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With one week left of summer break, before I go back to one of my true loves in life (teaching), I look back on summer 2012 as a near-waste. It started off well enough, but once I got into the thick of it, not having school to think and worry about, I was left to nearly drown in my own horrible, dark, anxiety-riddled thoughts. It...
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It's a bittersweet time of year. Tomorrow is my eleventh last day of school. This year is one of the most bittersweet. I've loved my classes this year and developed some awesome relationships with my students. At the same time, I can't wait to get the hell away from a majority of the adults in my building for the next ten weeks!

Well we got...
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I've hit a wall, creatively. Some of this may be due to an enormous amount of stress and just an ass-load of stuff to do. I need to break out of this funk.

Spring break is here...finally. No exotic locales for me. I'm not a fan of warm and tropical, anyway. What I will be doing is finally being able to take a breath. I've never been so stressed out and busy in my eleven years of teaching. As strange as it may sound, that's not necessarily a bad thing. What I will be doing is finished the...
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