Memoirs of a Catholic School Yogi

Mrs. K

Mrs. K
Location
Oregon, United States
Birthday
January 22
Title
Teacher
Bio
I am a middle school language arts teacher. I realize many adults consider this job among the most treacherous occupations, right up there with those "Most Deadliest Catch" guys on the Discovery Chanel, but I like it. This blog is a year of my adventures in the classroom laced with flashbacks of growing up a yogi in the US. I am no longer employed at the Catholic School where I wrote this book, but have moved onto more liberal pastures, whew!

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FEBRUARY 27, 2011 3:24AM

Picture Day

Chapter 8

It’s picture day at St. Joseph’s. This means we have a free dress day, so I can wear jeans! My excitement over this issue has a long and sordid story. You see, the jean battle has been going on for a while here at St. Joe’s, ever since… Read full post »
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FEBRUARY 22, 2011 12:21AM

Transformation

 Chapter 7
 
The story of a person’s life is so much more than the moments we witness, much more than the judgments we have when we see them at their worst or the smiles we give them when we share in their best. Each child who comes to my class… Read full post »
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FEBRUARY 18, 2011 10:47PM

Two Truths and a Lie

Chapter 6

I have a good look at the sixth graders as they present a little exercise called Two Truths and a Lie. In groups of three they pick a topic, and then decide which two in the group will tell a true story and which one will make up… Read full post »
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JANUARY 15, 2011 3:10AM

Rainbows and Butterflies

Memoirs of a Catholic School Yogi         Chapter 5


Meeting a new class of students is never an easy event for the students or the teacher. The kids may have their new-teacher fear, but that’s only one person to worry about. We teachers have them all.… Read full post »
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DECEMBER 27, 2010 4:49PM

Back to School

Memoirs of a Catholic School Yogi - Chapter 4

Erin and I are going by school today to get my classroom ready. We’re leaving my husband John to watch the Bills game on the TV. He isn’t one of those obnoxious sports addicts who must have the game on 24/7,… Read full post »
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DECEMBER 17, 2010 8:01PM

Forget the Road Not Taken

Fuck the Road Not Taken with its paths diverged and leaves no foot has trodden black.

I want a spaceship to take me past my inhibitions.

I would christen it, "The Fearless," and drag it up my steepest mountain of hopes and dreams with a tattered rope.

Then… Read full post »

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DECEMBER 10, 2010 12:17AM

I Wasn't Born a Yogi

 Memoirs of a Catholic School Yogi  - Chapter 3
 
I wasn’t born a yogi like my daughter Erin. My family hails from a mixed bag of Christian religions and beliefs, all of which come with stories that attest to the power and convictions of the matriarchal women in the… Read full post »
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DECEMBER 7, 2010 1:11AM

Would You Like a Muffin with Your In-Service?

Memoirs of a Catholic School Yogi  - Chapter 2

It is 8:30 a.m. on the first day of In-Service Hell—yes, Hell. I’ve figured out I don’t get to wait for old age or an untimely death to take me to where the faithful believe I am going; I only need… Read full post »
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DECEMBER 3, 2010 10:33PM

In the Beginning

Memoirs of a Catholic School Yogi  - Chapter 1

This is when my year starts. At the beginning of August with the letter, the letter that calls me back each fall to the classroom. I am sitting on the front porch, looking out at the oak-shaded cemetery across the street,… Read full post »
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DECEMBER 3, 2010 12:59AM

Lessons In Love

When a spiritual name is given by a guru to a student it has a certain style or flavor that expresses the particular path of that particular person. The name is a way of calling upon our Being, our higher Self, to better identify ourselves. When I was ten my guru… Read full post »
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