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Getting to Know the Teacher

Posted by Diane Badden on 20 Aug 2010 | Posted in: Meet the Mailbox®, Relationships and Team Building

I have an idea for making a connection with your students’ parents. See what you think!

Teacher Sighting

Posted by Diane Badden on 09 Aug 2010 | Posted in: Life After School, Meet the Mailbox®

You’re in a store and you hear a high-pitched squeal or an audible gasp followed by your teacher name...

Little Known Perk

Posted by Diane Badden on 07 Jun 2010 | Posted in: Meet the Mailbox®

I’m sure it’s June where you are. Yep, it’s June here too...sort of. Outside the office it’s June for sure, but inside the office...

Technochallenged

Posted by Diane Badden on 03 Jun 2010 | Posted in: Meet the Mailbox®

I confess: my technological instincts stink. In fact, I think I’m missing the technogene! I suspected this all along, and now I’m certain of it!

Eight Eyes

Posted by Diane Badden on 26 May 2010 | Posted in: Meet the Mailbox®

Vision is on my mind because I saw the eye doc yesterday. The news was great—no new specs needed! As I waited for my appointment, I struck up a conversation with Colette, an exuberant fourth grader...

A Very Special Day

Posted by Diane Badden on 20 May 2010 | Posted in: Meet the Mailbox®

What’s my favorite day of spring? That would be Employee Appreciation Day! I thought you might enjoy seeing a few photos...

How Many?

Posted by Diane Badden on 07 May 2010 | Posted in: Meet the Mailbox®

I tend to remember the oddest things. One day after school, I was in a pharmacy picking up some glycerin for a class project. I guess I aroused the suspicion of the pharmacist...

Need a Sub?

Posted by Diane Badden on 26 Apr 2010 | Posted in: Classroom Management, Meet the Mailbox®

Have I mentioned that I have two furry children, Lexie and Theo? When I head out of town as I did this past weekend, my sweet friend Lynn stays with them.

Shaking the Shudders

Posted by Diane Badden on 14 Apr 2010 | Posted in: Meet the Mailbox®

This morning I popped into the office of a colleague and found her shuddering. Marsha, one of four fabulous copy editors, had just opened an email from her son. It wasn’t the email that made her shudder—it was the photo attachment that showed her one and only son, Wes, tandem skydiving! Even though she’d just [...]

“Yard Salin’”

Posted by Diane Badden on 07 Apr 2010 | Posted in: Meet the Mailbox®

This is me with my very first yard sale purchase! It was during my second year of teaching when a colleague, who was a yard sale fanatic, convinced me to go “yard salin’” with her. I wasn’t exactly thrilled at the notion of getting up at the crack of dawn on a Saturday, but I [...]

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