“Miss Streisel, can I share today?” For me, every day starts with at least three small voices asking that same question, and my answer is typically, “Of course, about what?” But when the response on November 16th was, “I want to share about Paris,” I momentarily froze. While it was weighing heavy on my mind, […]
Nature Name: Champion of the Sun
Most beautiful moment of peace in the mountains This is going to be poorly written. I know it, and am sorry. Maybe I’ll edit tomorrow but no promises– I’m so behind on posts and just want to be up-to-date, and this is my last one for the night! It still is incredible to me that […]
Muggle Studies
After sitting with a group of my students at lunch today, I’m going to check another item off the list. We spent the half hour excitedly discussing the wizarding world, how sad it must be to be Harry Potter, and why it’s way better to read the book before watching the movie. I’m going to […]
“Field Trip” to Switzerland
Most adorable little old couple that I saw walking around all week Saint Oyen- Mom and Dad, this is your future town! When I was in elementary school, field trips were to the museum or planetarium. On one particularly exciting Girl Scout outing, we slept at the zoo. At my new school, 4th grade […]
They Call Me Miss Streisel
A few months ago, I posted about all the reasons I knew everything would be just fine, despite how stressed out I was. I’m beginning to understand that “stressed” is just my natural state, and that it’s convinent that my name is Jesye because then I can call my stressed, OCD, freaking-out alter-ego “Stressy Jesye” […]
