Teaching Reading and Essay construction

Greetings, friends. Or at least, those who still remember me after the long silence. Life's going the way life does, and I am halfway through my first quarter of teaching and just now beginning to almost realize how much I don't know what I'm doing.

( Cut for everyone but extremely bored English teacher types. )

I haven't had much time to come up for breath, but when I have, I have thought fondly of everyone. My Beloved will be here in about a week now, here to stay for good. Even when I have bad days, I still love this job more than any other I've had. Hope all is well with everyone.