Comments on: How to Make the Most of Your Summer Vacation: 7 Simple Tips http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-summer-vacation-7-simple-tips/ Providing HOPE for educators since 2007 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:59:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Joelhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-summer-vacation-7-simple-tips/#comment-2200 Joel Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:26:21 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=445#comment-2200 <a href='#comment-2167' rel="nofollow">@savvy-stitch</a> - Be thankful you're not a band director. We have summer music tutorials throughout the summer as well as starting full up summer band the last week of July. Football games every Friday night from the first week of school until at least halfway through November. Marching contests for five Saturdays in a row in September/October. This includes some contests when we have a football game over three hours away the night before. All in all, I get about 6 weeks of summer break... @savvy-stitch – Be thankful you’re not a band director. We have summer music tutorials throughout the summer as well as starting full up summer band the last week of July. Football games every Friday night from the first week of school until at least halfway through November. Marching contests for five Saturdays in a row in September/October. This includes some contests when we have a football game over three hours away the night before.

All in all, I get about 6 weeks of summer break…

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]]> By: savvy-stitchhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-summer-vacation-7-simple-tips/#comment-2167 savvy-stitch Sun, 08 Jun 2008 02:58:40 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=445#comment-2167 I wish it were 3 months! I think that is one of the biggest myths people who are not in teaching don't get- 3 months of summer off of work? I wish! I am just finishing my first year teahing (7 days to go!) and the beginning of August I already have professional development and staff meetings to attend...ah. I wish it were 3 months! I think that is one of the biggest myths people who are not in teaching don’t get- 3 months of summer off of work? I wish! I am just finishing my first year teahing (7 days to go!) and the beginning of August I already have professional development and staff meetings to attend…ah.

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]]> By: lightlyseasonedhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-summer-vacation-7-simple-tips/#comment-2119 lightlyseasoned Wed, 14 May 2008 21:28:16 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=445#comment-2119 All good advice. I just had to laugh at the 3 months off myth. I try to catch up with all my other interests and not do toooo much planning for the school year. This summer will be trickier since I'm doing a lot of curriculum work -- but I'm gonna blog about it so at least I'll meet my writing goal at the same time (and because I think reflection will be good for the process, and even if my audience is a pretend audience, it helps for motivation). My big rule for myself is that I don't work with kids (other than my own, of course). As a teacher, it is easy to get sucked into Vacation Bible School, Youth Group, etc., but I need time with adults. All good advice. I just had to laugh at the 3 months off myth. I try to catch up with all my other interests and not do toooo much planning for the school year. This summer will be trickier since I’m doing a lot of curriculum work — but I’m gonna blog about it so at least I’ll meet my writing goal at the same time (and because I think reflection will be good for the process, and even if my audience is a pretend audience, it helps for motivation). My big rule for myself is that I don’t work with kids (other than my own, of course). As a teacher, it is easy to get sucked into Vacation Bible School, Youth Group, etc., but I need time with adults.

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]]> By: Joelhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-summer-vacation-7-simple-tips/#comment-2109 Joel Tue, 13 May 2008 04:07:38 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=445#comment-2109 Oh no kidding! I don't get 90 days for sure. I'm good if I get six weeks. But even so, Heather makes some great points here. In some ways, she takes my article <a href="http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/how-not-to-waste-spring-break/" rel="nofollow">How Not To Waste Spring Break (or Summer Vacation, or Christmas Break, or Saturday, or Tonight!)</a> and turns it into a list, with her own special flavor! Great stuff. Oh no kidding! I don’t get 90 days for sure. I’m good if I get six weeks. But even so, Heather makes some great points here. In some ways, she takes my article How Not To Waste Spring Break (or Summer Vacation, or Christmas Break, or Saturday, or Tonight!) and turns it into a list, with her own special flavor! Great stuff.

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]]> By: Lightly Seasonedhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-summer-vacation-7-simple-tips/#comment-2105 Lightly Seasoned Mon, 12 May 2008 01:28:08 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=445#comment-2105 90 days? You get 90 days?!? That sounds like the good old days.... This summer: 1. Be professionally developed 'til I bleed. 2. Read. 3. Sit on the beach for awhile. 4. Read some more. 5. Think about doing some projects around the house. 6. Ride my horse as much as possible. 7. Read. 8. Wish I had money to compete my horse. 9. Sit around lethargically in the a/c when it hits 103 (reading). 10. Be professionally developed until I bleed. 11. Plan 12. Back to school. 90 days? You get 90 days?!? That sounds like the good old days….

This summer:
1. Be professionally developed ’til I bleed.
2. Read.
3. Sit on the beach for awhile.
4. Read some more.
5. Think about doing some projects around the house.
6. Ride my horse as much as possible.
7. Read.
8. Wish I had money to compete my horse.
9. Sit around lethargically in the a/c when it hits 103 (reading).
10. Be professionally developed until I bleed.
11. Plan
12. Back to school.

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]]> By: Mr. Maestrohttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-summer-vacation-7-simple-tips/#comment-2099 Mr. Maestro Sat, 10 May 2008 18:42:11 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=445#comment-2099 The trick to having more-than-a-week of decompression time is not letting yourself devolve into protoplasmic goo in front of the television. (I suppose you athletic types are probably good at that. Me not so much.) My strategy involves planned sleeping-in time on a daily basis, but having a series of pet projects that I've been putting off until I had the time: a) Move my entire CD collection to mp3's stored on external drives. b) Scan all of my old photos into jpeg format. c) Clean / reorganize my office (this sounds very workaholic, but understand that my office has a TV/DVD player, surround-sound system, refrigerator, couch... it's almost comfier than my apartment.) d) All those books I got for X-Mas?.... yeah, Summer would be a good time to read some of them. e) Spend more time cooking. The trick to having more-than-a-week of decompression time is not letting yourself devolve into protoplasmic goo in front of the television. (I suppose you athletic types are probably good at that. Me not so much.)

My strategy involves planned sleeping-in time on a daily basis, but having a series of pet projects that I’ve been putting off until I had the time:

a) Move my entire CD collection to mp3′s stored on external drives.
b) Scan all of my old photos into jpeg format.
c) Clean / reorganize my office (this sounds very workaholic, but understand that my office has a TV/DVD player, surround-sound system, refrigerator, couch… it’s almost comfier than my apartment.)
d) All those books I got for X-Mas?…. yeah, Summer would be a good time to read some of them.
e) Spend more time cooking.

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]]> By: Kelvinhttp://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-summer-vacation-7-simple-tips/#comment-2098 Kelvin Sat, 10 May 2008 11:43:40 +0000 http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/?p=445#comment-2098 I can relate to this as a student in a way because I have the summer off. Also, I didn't plan on doing any summer classes because the first year of college was rough. I've can easily speak for myself on some of the key points mentioned in this post. Three months. I can relate to this as a student in a way because I have the summer off. Also, I didn’t plan on doing any summer classes because the first year of college was rough. I’ve can easily speak for myself on some of the key points mentioned in this post. Three months.

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