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Welcome to Carried Away, my goal is to write 180 blogs, one for each day of the school year. I hope each post is an encouragement to teachers everywhere as they navigate a very difficult school year. Teaching during a global pandemic is for heroes. The world needs more heroes.

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Day #116- Heavy Armor

Dear Authoritative Teacher, When I was in college, one of my education professors gave me the advice to not smile until Christmas. “You...

Day #115- Hardly Easy

Dear Teacher Who Knows, When I asked about her first day back after the break she replied, “You know, our job really is to simply love...

Day #114- Teacher Skip Day

Dear Teacher Who Can’t, Bring herself to look at the calendar and count the number of weeks left until summer Do another day of COVID...

Day #113- Sun and Sand

Dear Teacher on a Break, This is an open list of no-no’s for the week in case you need a reminder at some point. Don’t…. -check any...

Day #112- Techno Thursday

Dear Teacher with Technology Woes, I cannot stress this enough. You are not, absolutely not, alone. Your keyboard is doing a funky thing....

Day #111- Hump Day

Dear Wednesday Teacher, It’s not Monday, but it’s not quite Friday either. Wednesday is a tough spot every week, but it is particularly...

Day #110- Driver's Seat

Dear Teacher Turned Principal, I've never been a principal, but through the years, I have met with several principals from different...

Day #109- A Shot

Dear Teacher with a Sore Arm, Dang, they weren’t lying when they said your arm might be a little sore after the COVID vaccine. I was fine...

Day #108- Vaccine

Dear Vaccinated Teacher, You may not be vaccinated yet, but by tomorrow morning, you could be. This week was a frenzy in our school...

Day #107- Floods and Fires

Dear Teacher in the Midst of Chaos, What I am about to tell you is true, even if it sounds fabricated. Monday afternoon local baseball...

Day #106- March Madness

Dear Teacher in March, March. We need to talk. What you did to us last year was so uncool. In fact, it was beyond uncool. It was triple...

Day #105- Dr. Seuss

Dear Seussical Teacher, I know a teacher who is using the book Seussisms for quick write Mondays. The book is filled with 30 pearls of...

Day #104- Settled

Dear Aspiring Teacher , When I was a senior in high school, my teachers began to inquire about my future career plans. I told them I...

Day #103- The Great Debate

Dear Anti-Cell Phone Teacher, Okay. The truth. We don’t hate phones. We have them too. What we don’t like is competing with phones or all...

Day #102- Sloppy Bed

Dear Successful Teacher, A few weeks ago I was helping my seven-year-old son make his bed. As I was showing him how to smooth out the...

Day #101- Ducks in a Row

Dear Transparent Teacher, There is a writer I admire. Today, I found this pearl of wisdom on one of her blogs. “Write the thing you’re...

Day #100- Still Here

Dear 100th Day Teacher, I’ve never taught elementary school, but I do have small children. My favorite part of the 100th day of school,...

Day #99- For the Good Times

Dear Teacher with a Nursing Degree, Every teacher is a nurse this year. The epidemic teacher takes temperatures and keeps a running log....

Day #98- Simply Put

Dear High-Impact Teacher, Today I read this definition of a high-impact teacher on a reputable website that shall remain nameless....

Day #97- Old School

Dear Vintage Teacher, Teachers are creatures of habit. That pitiful, multi- striped, insulated lunch tote tells the story: same sad...

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