things i learned while working in a high school

May 25, 2013 by Jenny · 2 Comments

sometimes a bag of sour patch kids and caramel frappuccino is a perfectly acceptable breakfast

the bathroom lighting is optimal for selfies

if your boyfriend doesn’t walk you to class, he doesn’t love you

it takes true talent to be able to walk, text, eat, and discuss the test you took last period all at the same time

stop signs in the parking lot are just there for fun. you don’t actually have to use them

be nice to the cafeteria ladies. they’ll hook you up

and, most importantly, the most difficult kids are the ones that need you most

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recent design // truly tahnee

May 24, 2013 by Jenny · Leave a Comment

I’ve been really in to mixing patterns recently, and was super excited to experiment with my new design fetish on Tahnee’s blog. I mixed it up with polka dots, chevron, and a honeycomb pattern. An unlikely trio, but somehow it worked!

Click // here // to the see the full design over at Truly Tahnee.

Filed Under: blog design, featured designs, patterns

you don’t know what you don’t know

May 23, 2013 by Jenny · 2 Comments

As a people pleasing perfectionist, not knowing the answer to something is unacceptable. More often than not when someone asks me a question that I don’t know the answer too I either a.) lie, or b.) make something up. Perhaps I should have considered a career in law.

I was forced to confront my obsession with knowing it all once I started student teaching. My kids would ask me questions, and some of them I just couldn’t answer. Sure, I could have lied and made things up, but I’ve been on the receiving end of an ill-informed teacher. Sad but true: I didn’t learn the correct usage of affect vs. effect until 2 weeks ago (yet I somehow managed to graduate from college with a degree in English).

So I would tell my students, “you know what, that’s a great questions and I actually don’t know the answer, but I’ll find out for you!”…and then I would. I’d learn something new, they’d learn something new. Win, win!

Since then I’ve begun to feel a lot more comfortable with telling people “I don’t know”. In fact, sometimes I feel kind of charming when I admit to not knowing something. It might be that whole “damsel in distress” syndrome, but I feel more human and relate-able when I admit to not knowing something. After all, there’s nothing more off-putting than someone who knows everything (or rather, someone who thinks they know everything).

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Now, on to something I do know a thing or two about: myself. I just created a new about page. Check it out // here //