Throwback Thursday McKinley 2017-2018

The final “throwback Thursday” video! This video, as you can probably tell in the title is from my second and final video from my time at McKinley Senior High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This video documents both the best and the worst times I experienced in my life as a teacher. From Dia de…

Throwback Thursday: McKinley 2017

During yet another one of my explorations into my files and old videos I stumbled upon a couple of videos I made while teaching in the Baton Rouge. I love these videos and can’t help but have a huge smile on my face whenever I watch them, so I thought I would share them with…

Teach for America Delta institute 2015 video

As I mentioned in my post last Thursday I recently did a deep dive in my multimedia files and found a bunch of old videos. One of said videos is a summary of my time spent in the Mississippi Delta with the South Louisiana 2015 Corp. Honestly, this video is one of my all time…

Costa Rica Video

Ya’ll… It may have taken me a year but I have FINALLY finished the Costa Rica video. I switched to a new software which SUCKS but also I find if I don’t finish the video directly after the trip it always takes forever. Well without further ado the video and some pictures    

To whom it may concern

*This is another deviation from my normal posts. I originally wrote this during one of the worst teaching weeks in my 3-year career.* My name is Cori, and for the past two years I have been the Spanish teacher at a high school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. My first year at this school I taught…

Costa Rica Precursor

My trip to Costa Rica was unlike an of my other adventures. Instead of traveling solo or with a small, trusted band of friends I was the solo adult taking 4 high school students. Three of the four had never been on an airplane and none of them had ever been outside of the United…

The Ant Who Fights: A 1st Year Teaching Reflection.

*Note: This post deviates from my normal travel theme. The following words are my attempt to process my experience as a first year teacher in Baton Rouge.   My body starts to quake. My hands shake as my heart pumps the anger my mind has blocked off until this moment. The tears filling my eyes are uncontrollable…