- Ms Williams lit group
Ms. Williams lit group - Esmeralda and Janet
Esmeralda and Janet (who does not want her picture taken) - Esmeralda and Janet 2
Esmeralda and Janet 2 - Class
Class - Class group
Ms. Carter's lit group - teachers lounge
In a few moments of spare time, we relax in the teachers' lounge. - Ariel CMA
Ariel, our CMA (corps member adviser). She's just completed her two-year TFA commitment teaching English in LA, and she plans to keep teaching. - Le
Le, one of the members of my 12-person CMA group (don't even try keeping all the groups straight). She's eating lunch during one of our "synthesis sessions" that take place when teaching ends every day. - Markham Middle School
Markham Middle School - CS session
Again. - 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. - CS session 3
Lots of group work. Lots of posters. - Friday afternoon
Friday afternoon - Friday afternoon 2
Relaxing in the grass on campus for a few minutes, after a loooong week. - Friday afternoon 3
Until the TFA staff has something else fairly ridiculous for us to do. - 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. - Team building 2
My view, from the back of the line. - 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. - Bryan surveys the ocean
Bryan surveys the ocean - Leslie the ocean
This weekend, Bryan comes! We go to the beach. - Sand castle planned
Sand castle, planned - Sand castle begins
Sand castle begins - Bryan builds
Bryan builds - Bryan keeps building
Bryan keeps building - 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. - Bryan photo
Bryan and the surf. - bryan reads
bryan reads