Lessons with Miss H
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One cup of sugar, please
I cannot tell you what to do or how to live your life but I’d tell you what I know. That’s how I give advice to my students (and everyone else) about everything and anything. It’s safe nah- I remove all blame from myself cuz nobody could say, “Miss say so.” Nah. I mean, I Continue reading
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Hot gyal nah fight over man, no
I gave two of my classes an activity this week. It was a fillable form with prompts to write about themselves. For example, I am someone who everyone seems to ________, I am someone who nobody seems to __________, I am someone who always _________, I am someone who will never __________. Of course, there Continue reading
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Stuck in Traffic- feels like a decade
Flashback to 10 years ago: I stand. I cross the stage. My grandparents are somewhere in the stands. My mom and sister are probably watching the livestream on YouTube. I am here because of them. There are so many things I want to do to repay them. I need to make them proud. Flashback to Continue reading
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We live. We learn. We unlearn.
The other day, I found my old index cards with Math notes from high school and UWI. I was going through them and I remembered the high school stuff because I still teach the same topics. The UWI notes on the other hand- gibberish, pure gibberish. I think somewhere from the time I left one Continue reading
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Encouragement 101 with Miss H
Dedication I was fresh out of UWI with no job experience and definitely no formal teaching experience. But that didn’t stop my former principal from taking a chance on me and giving me and opportunity when all doors around me remained tightly locked. There’s a man who considered me a granddaughter by way of the Continue reading
The Girl with Yellow Shoes 