- dorm room pan
Wide-angle shot of my bedroom, Candace's side mostly. But you can see my pretty computer. - Team building 2
My view, from the back of the line. - Sand castle planned
Sand castle, planned - Friday afternoon 2
Relaxing in the grass on campus for a few minutes, after a loooong week. - Leslie the ocean
This weekend, Bryan comes! We go to the beach. - Sand castle finished
We decided our sand castle would incorporate several civilizations. A Norman castle keep, an Egyptian pyramid, a Sumerian and/or Mayan ziggurat, and the Great Wall of China. We are HUGE nerds. - CS session 2
All the teachers now in class. During the morning when we're not teaching and all afternoon, we teachers become students again. Usually pretty bad ones. There's this decompressing period after you walk out of the classroom during which we are, for all intents and purposes, 13 years old ourselves. - Bryan builds
Bryan builds - posters paragraph
Back wall of our classroom, featuring some posters I made on parts of a paragraph. - Team building 3
Another group - Leslie and Bryan cook
They miss the kitchen! With one set of camp silverware and one set of camp pans, Leslie and Bryan valiantly attempt a meal in Leslie's pittance of a kitchen. It turns out marvelously. Mom's spaghetti sauce--always the inaugural meal. - Sand castle begins
Sand castle begins - Friday afternoon 3
Until the TFA staff has something else fairly ridiculous for us to do. - Bryan keeps building
Bryan keeps building - Markham Middle School
Markham Middle School - Team building
Team-building! Whee! We get unnecessarily close with our CMA groups trying to make our way across the grass on posterboard lily-pads. - teachers lounge
In a few moments of spare time, we relax in the teachers' lounge. - hallway
The "hallway" at Markham. The campus is all open to the air. Teachers straggle in. - Bryan surveys the ocean
Bryan surveys the ocean - Esmeralda and Janet 2
Esmeralda and Janet 2 - posters front of room
The front corner of class, with more posters. - diana jen and red lunch bags
Diana and Jen, two more for the Bay, modeling our ubiquitous red TFA lunch bags. - Bryan photo
Bryan and the surf. - bus 7am
On the bus, 7 am, bound for Markham Middle School. - lunch line
The first thing that greets us when we exit our dorm at 6:30 every morning: a line of boxed lunches. I can never look a turkey sandwich in the face again. - nutrition break 2
nutrition break 2 - Friday afternoon
Friday afternoon - Class group
Ms. Carter's lit group - Ms Williams lit group
Ms. Williams lit group - Candace creates
My roommate Candace, making a late-night poster on geometry in our living room.