Time is kicking my butt. One hidden perk of having one full-time job is that you typically can stay put. Having three jobs means I live out of my bookbag and my T pass gets plenty of use. My students are doing okay. Some are a little intimidated by physics. I think it’s good that [...]

I’ve started taking Bharatanatyam again, a classical Indian dance. I’ve had on and off experience with Bharatanatyam starting in 2005. I switched to Odissi after a summer of Bhartanatyam. I studied Odissi for 2 years. Once I went to Chicago, I couldn’t find an Odissi teacher, which was remarkable to me; Chicago has a huge [...]

I don’t think I mentioned that I have 3 jobs. I mentioned teaching as an adjunct and working as a middle school after school teacher to make math fun and exciting. My third job is writing problems for an integral calculus textbook. I feel like I live out of my bookbag, because I’m transporting stuff [...]

This past weekend Melina, a local dancer whose mother and sister both dance, opened her and husband’s  new circus/Middle Eastern dance studio in Waltham, a suburb of Boston. If you were looking to start dancing and live in the area, I’ve heard excellent things about Melina. I myself about considering lessons from her, since my [...]

After a long, peaceful break, I begin school on Tuesday. Lots to prepare for that still. The syllabus was changed last minute (the department of the students’ major wanted electricity and magnetism introduced in the beginning of the semester; EM is usually introduced after a Newtonian mechanics section), so quite a bit of the planning [...]

My first day of being an after school teacher at a middle school started out rough. The lady who hired me has been out sick, so I went to their office and no one knew what to do with me. My new boss (not the lady who hired me) eventually found me. He is very [...]

In addition to my adjunct work, I’m going to have a small part-time job (about 5 hours/week) where I engage middle schoolers in math after school. I think it should be fun. Challenging but fun. I worked as a middle school camp counselor for a week in my junior and senior years of high school. [...]

Melina, who is a local dancer in the Boston-area, is hosting her sister for some work in celebration of the opening of Melina’s new studio in Waltham (a Boston suburb). The topics look good. I plan on going to the Sunday ones- is anyone else planning on going? Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on FacebookShare [...]

Vacation isn’t simply vacation if you teach. I’ve spent the last week or so planning out my classes and will continue to do so next week. I have two weeks done of 2 classes and hope to get another week done of another class. Since I start the semester with the students, I have a [...]

The holiday season messed with my time management to practice and really partake in the 90 Days of Dance Dedication Challenge. I began officially (at least in my brain) on Tuesday, starting back up with Middle Eastern dance. I went to ballet yesterday. What did I learn, so far, about the challenge? Going to classes [...]