Sonya Barnes July 1, 2019 To say that I was nervous to try Airbnb was an understatement. In my mind, it’s a fairly new concept, there’s so many caveats to what it could be like or include, and, let’s be honest, when you are allergic to everything like I am, the subjectivity of a stranger’s…
Yesterday I posted my blog about my mission and vision for Addicted to Teaching and today the video went live. Check it out! I’d love if you’d subscribe to my channel and support me there, as well. I am working towards that goal of 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 hours of views so that I can…
Sonya Barnes June 27, 2019 I love being a teacher. It is not an easy job, especially if you only think of it as a job, and it is not something I ever set out to do. Yet, I always knew I’d be a teacher. It’s strange. I love helping people and I love sharing…
Sonya Barnes June 20, 2019 Traveling is something many people aspire to do when they are older and retire. It is put off until there is more time in our lives or money in our bank accounts. I have often wondered why it isn’t reversed and people don’t travel as their initiation into adulthood. I’ve…
By Sonya Barnes June 13, 2019 What is it that we crave about summer? We count down the days as we race towards it at breakneck speeds—longing for its arrival—but why? Is it the chance to slow down? Is it temporarily doing away with agendas, alarm clocks, meetings and parent communications? Is it traveling or…
By Sonya Barnes June 6, 2019 Ever since I was a little kid, I have always had a desire to help everyone and everything, and I certainly tried–rescuing animals, donating clothes, toys and supplies, raising money for those in need, just to name a few. I loved being in the military and really felt like…
Sonya Barnes June 3, 2019 Some days I think I am a unicorn. No, not the mythical horse with a horn sprouting from its head, but a rare and possibly mythical person in society, for sure. I am that person that does my best to be consistent in effort and expectation each and every workday,…
May 22, 2019 As summer approaches, time has a way of passing more quickly as we have things to close out and are just plain ready to say goodbye and get a bit more flexibility in our schedules, even if only for a short time before starting something else. Visions of free time without parent…
Testing is such a controversial topic these days in public education, but, whether we like it or not, it is something we will go through annually in some form or fashion. I’m not here to debate the politics or even push my own agenda one way or another. I am here to share a few…
I have wanted to be a writer my entire life. I spent much of my youth writing short stories and poems that mainly saw either the inside of my drawer or the occasional teacher’s inbox for an assignment. I spent a good amount of my youth composing the letters of a family member that had…
