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Teacher Gone Wild: GoPro, May Chaos, and Why Messy Is the Point
May is chaotic. The paper piles are real. The emotional roller coaster is real. And honestly? So is the fun — if you let it be.
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In this STRONG Teacher Report, I'm giving you a raw, unpolished look at what's going on in my world right now: the newsletter that went out today (small changes, big compounds), a walled classroom chatbot experiment that was one of the most enjoyable things I've done all month, a GoPro that just arrived, and a new series I'm calling Teacher Gone Wild.
No script. No polish. Just a teacher in May — doing the work, making the messes, and staying STRONG.
What's in this one:
- The STRONG Teacher Newsletter: small consistent changes and why they beat big overhauls
- May chaos, the emotional reality of the end of the school year, and what actually helps
- A classroom chatbot experiment that went surprisingly well (and was also kind of stressful)
- The GoPro arrived — adventures incoming (Oregon, Canada, Boulder Junction triathlon)
- The N in STRONG: No to perfectionism, for real this time
- Why "just hit record" is actually the best strategy
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