Trinidad and Tobago
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Some things stay with you
I’ve been reading Malala’s new book. I wasn’t sure what to expect from it but it has been one of the best reads in a long time for me. While I love her writing style, I love her words more. The way she remembers her life makes her so relatable- I feel like a friend Continue reading
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I’m okay. You’re okay. Breathe.
You’re job hunting. You see a position available for a job you’re really interested in. The job description looks perfect for you. You meet all the academic qualifications. And then, you see they asking for about twenty years’ experience and you barely have three. Well boy, thaz how I duz feel about life sometimes inno. 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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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 