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Personally, I’ve saved $300 by borrowing books from the library and as a teacher, I can give my students diverse books that aren’t in our school library!

I volunteered at a daycare and there was a little boy named Poseidon. They called him “Side-y” for short.

Making friends with my co-workers helped a lot. They became my family. Also, something very small but meaningful, being wished a Happy Canada Day made it feel more like a new home

Hands down, My Sister’s Keeper was the worst. I was so excited for that movie because it was one of my favourite books and it was just ruined.

A student brought a build a bear for show and tell. I told my class how I'd always wanted to go to build a bear as a kid and we never went. End of the year comes and one of my students gave me a build a bear gift card

I like to keep to a pretty good routine to make my days as predictable as I can. But since I am in a career where I need to be pretty extroverted I make sure that every couple of weeks, I have an "introvert weekend" where I can be by myself and recharge. Sometimes it's staying in… Read More

A little boy and little girl went into the bushes during the parent lunch at Sports Day. When the little boy took his pants down and started peeing, the little girl decided to one up him and pooed in the bushes. Her mom asked me if she had to go pick it up.

1. Trying to cover up the fact that they weren't listening by saying they "accidentally" did the thing I'd specifically said not to do 2. Ignoring all of the instructions and then expecting one on one instructions 3. Talking back