Day 3: Can You Hear Me Now?

So, another day and another .25 cents in my paycheck.  I kid, I kid (no I don’t).  Today was a day that was annoying on many levels.  I have concluded that no one works anymore.  Most people are ineffective.  It’s true. No one hustles; no one gets right to it.  They dawdle.  D-A-W-D-L-E.  Imagine a teacher dawdling? No way, Jose.  NO WAY. As Jay-Z so eloquently states…I’m a hustler, baby.  Wait, was that HOV that said that or Biggie? Hmmm….gotta get back to you on that.  I am just so tired of people being lazy: parents, admins, support staff…everyone!  I just want to scream at them.  Very, very frustrating.  Whew, feel better now…okay, done with my rant for the day. ‘Nuff said.  

I am glad that more people are checking out this blog and checking out the Donors Choose Giving Page.  THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Very glad that people are getting into the groove….can’t wait to do more. 

I would love it for people who drop by leave me suggestions on ideas and content they would like to see.  Please do.  I will read every single one and respond.  Pinky swear.  On that note, please drop me a line (or two, or three) and give a shout out on what to feature.  I really want to hear about contests I can do to help students and teachers…..help me out here, people with ideas! I am fresh out of them at the moment.  

Don’t forget to check out my giving page on Donors Choose and my FB page…xoxo 

Talk to you tomorrow. XOXO 

Day 2….Is anybody out there? Bueller, Bueller…..? I hope so! Want to talk about helping teachers!

So I am still trying to get this blog together….and I would apologize but I don’t know if I have any fans! Ha! Not much different than how I feel at home sometimes.  No one listens to me! Moving on……

As a teacher, I know how frustrating it is to not have enough supplies for your students.  I also know how ANNOYING it is to spend bazillions of dollars buying said supplies yourself.  Not to mention financially crippling.  Enter Donors Choose.

For those of you that don’t know, Donors Choose is an online charity that was founded in 2000 by Charles Best.  At the time, Mr. Best was working as a Bronx, NY (holla!) social studies teacher and was pretty annoyed at the scarcity of materials for his students.  A ‘lil elbow grease, a ‘lil support…and voila, Donors Choose was born.

I have written many projects over at Donors Choose, and have been successfully funded most of the time.  While I def. sing the praises of Donors Choose, don’t be fooled into thinking you write a project, and poof! it gets funded immediately.  Having a project up is hard work — you have to actively get out there and get your project.  Prior to having my toddler, I had tons and tons of time.  Now, not so much.  The great thing about Donors Choose is that they allow regular old citizens to create a giving page — where a person or a group can place a bunch of projects on one page and then encourage other peeps to give to the projects listed.  It can be a lot of fun.  I have been lucky enough to be on a giving page and had a lot of success with it.

Over the past year or so, I have realized that there is no greater joy than to give to others….and who better to give to than my own people! My teacher peeps! I am so excited to announce the launch of my very own giving page! I really hope that you will give it a gander…and donate.  Do it for the kids! Do it for the teachers! Do it for you, too. Please take a moment and visit my page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/NYCTeacher4EVA/264856740200455