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The Life of a Conflicted Teacher

Working hard to make sense of it all

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Darin Johnston

Just a guy from Iowa, who's suddenly found himself at a place in life he never expected to be 20 years ago! I live on an acreage with my wife, two daughters, two dogs, seven cats, chickens, two cows, and quarter acre garden. Find me at my blog: Life of a Conflicted Teacher https://iowaconflictedteacher.com/

Slice of Life Tuesday: The “Superior” Lake

This week, we have taken our camper (and cats) to Washburn, Wisconsin to see a side of Lake Superior we've not seen before. Sunday was our travel day and it was 7 hours in the truck, with an obnoxious Siamese... Continue Reading →

Slice of Life Tuesday: A Shell and a Story

This is one of my favorite pictures from our trip at the beginning of the month to Florida. I took it on Thursday morning after we'd spent Wednesday night paddling around in a kayak outfitted with LED lights. On our... Continue Reading →

Slice of Life Tuesday: Need to Relax

Two years ago, I'd had a truly awful year, leading to my resigning my position and accepting on in a neighboring district. My wife had spent her first year in a new district. We were both drained to our core... Continue Reading →

Saturday Scriptings – The End of May

Good morning, fine readers. It's been a hot minute since I had the urge to put words to the screen. I'm not sure why: School got hard. We had a good class this year. They weren't angels, but none of... Continue Reading →

Wednesday Wanderings: Happy Birthday to Me

Yes, blogging on my birthday, the last day of April. I have two motives for this writing today: Just keep the streak going. I've written for *gasp* four days in a row, which is nice. My fingers feel like the... Continue Reading →

Slice of Life Tuesday: Classroom AI

First, hello Slicers and blog readers. Long time, no see. #whatyouhavewrittenfortwodaysinarow I know, but sometimes, you need to say "hi" and "how you doin'", just so people don't forget what kind of nonsense that is written here! #epiceyeroll I'm writing... Continue Reading →

Monday Musings – A Camping Evolution

Daily writing promptHave you ever been camping?View all responses WordPress dropped a pretty good question today about camping. I love these kinds of open-ended questions and look for to seeing what others have written. Me? I've camped all my life.... Continue Reading →

Sunday Salutations – When Is Enough Enough?

My Facebook feed right now looks like an old man yelling, "get off my lawn", to the wind. #what Since our current president took office, I've been posting a pretty steady stream of stuff about what he and his administration... Continue Reading →

Wednesday Wanderings: Sometimes, An Escape is Needed

These past few months in school have been brutal. Our principal and secretary resigned, two people who made coming to work enjoyable. Their love of life will be missed greatly. My grade partner is moving to another school. Another person... Continue Reading →

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