Paint under my nails
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Paint under my nails

By Jessica Shyu — September 28, 2006 1 min read
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Jessica Shyu
Jessica Shyu has written three blogs for Education Week (On the Reservation, Lessons From China, New Terrain). Her background included working as the head of training for Teach for China, a program director for Teach for America, and as a special education teacher with Teach for America.

I have 10 kiddos running around my classroom, glue and papers on the floor, and I have a sneaking suspicion that there’s blue paint slowly drying on my carpet. I still have a head cold and I stopped being paid an hour and a half ago. Yet, eight little paper scarecrows on my desk tell me this is all worth it.

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