Manda Writes

So in case anyone wants to follow my little blog, I'm attaching directions for once you make a blogger account on how to do it.

https://scribehow.com/shared/How_to_Add_a_Blog_to_Your_Reading_List__-1qfMezkRleGKA01LDAZqQ

For the "control V" part, you will paste the link to my blog which is added below.
https://mandawrites12.blogspot.com/
Thanks guys! Much love

Manda Writes I’m giving myself and others a place to say the quiet part out loud. There is no hate here, just acceptance and love. There is no judgement, just observations. There are no strangers, only friends. It is my greatest hope that I will be able to use this space to bring people together, and that is w...

If you are on this page, it's because at some point in our journey of life, we have crossed paths. I either performed your wedding, helped you with some legal docs, or maybe even created a resume for you. The next journey I plan to take is a blog. I've always been a diary type of girl, and I really want to grow my community and meet people who think like me. I've come to realize that I'm never going to make those friends and make those connections if people don't know how I think, so I made a blog. I'm going to post it here. I need you to the blog game, so I'm not 100% on how it works but if there's a way to follow and you would like to I'd appreciate it. I hope you guys take this journey with me as I share my inner thoughts and feelings and I hope that it leads to conversation that can potentially lead to friends. I felt like the odd person out in every room I've been in my whole life and so I'm hoping to find my room!

On Being the One Who Stayed by Marie Folie Note: I am not a medical professional and the observations made are all personal to me. The content presented refers to my own personal exp...

Found some old wedding photos! Such a beautiful couple, I've had the pleasure of knowing one of the brides since fifth grade! This picture is almost 2 years old but I want to wish the lovely brides a world of continued happiness!!!!

Cooper : You're ruling my son out for college now? The kid's fifteen.

Principal : Tom's score simply isn't high enough.

Cooper : What's your waistline? 32? With, what, a 33 inseam?

Principal : I'm not sure I see what you're getting at.

Cooper : You're telling me it takes two numbers to measure your own ass but only one to measure my son's future?

I've never seen interstellar before today, but I saw this quote on a tik tok, and I immediately was like, ok, let's watch it. It's such an amazing movie. It's incredibly beautiful, to the point it's brought me to tears.

As a person who works in education, this one quote messed me up. I remember when I started in education I noticed, because literally no one helps in education, that there were little indicators next to student's names. I decided to press one, and it tells you if the student has any health alerts, or allergy alerts. There is also a red button that says "At risk of not graduating." The first time I read that, I asked aloud, "according to whom?"

It was a very dark time for me, this moment when I realized someone was making up their minds about us without really knowing us. I mean, how much time do students really spend in a counselors office? Yet, they get to decide according to some test results or a few chance interactions who has the potential to be successful and who doesn't? I started going through all alerts. It's worth noting that my first access to this was not as a teacher, but a case manager, so I was kept out of the loop from things like 504s or IEPs. I do believe things have changed, but for my position, I was given very little direct access to student information. Basically, grades, name and address, and these little alerts.

I have since become a teacher, and through trainings and a lot of hallway conversations, I've learned so much more than I knew when I started, but the one thing I can't grasp, no matter how many people try to justify their explanations to me, is where someone gets off deciding what a person is capable of. 2 numbers to determine how much is needed to cover a butt, but only one to determine a kids future? We need reform. We need it now. I can only hope we get it soon.

Hello lovelies, January is almost over, so if you haven't already booked your resume, now is the time to act! Looking forward to hearing from you!