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Of Red Envelopes and Praying around the Globe: My 10th Grade Homeroom Boys

May 24, 2018 / Kiersti Giron / community, teaching
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    School is almost out! Which means I see exhaustion and I’m-so-ready-for-this-year-to-end on the face of every student and teacher in the classroom or hallway.   But in the midst of being oh-so-ready-to-be-done, I have much to be thankful for from this year. Not least of which are my seven 10th grade homeroom boys—my smallest […]

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International School, prayer, Teaching

When the Pupils Teach the Teacher: 7 Lessons from My Students

September 20, 2017 / Kiersti Giron / growing, teaching
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    If you become a teacher, says Anna Leonowens in the classic musical The King and I, your pupils will end up teaching you. (That’s not exactly how the line goes, but I can’t quote songs on a blog without infringing copyright.) But you get the idea. 🙂 And it’s true. We’re into our […]

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How I Thought I Didn’t Want to Be a Teacher (And Why I’m Glad I Was Wrong)

August 9, 2017 / Kiersti Giron / books, Little House on the Prairie, teaching
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  Sometimes my students ask me if I always wanted to be a teacher. “I think I did,” I say. “But I didn’t realize it.” Many times in my six years of working in the Writing Center at our local community college as a tutor and TA, different English professors would ask me if I […]

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Getting to Know You, Little House on the Prairie, Teaching

Come and See: Glimpsing His Presence Now

March 22, 2017 / Kiersti Giron / faith, Jesus, Michael Card, Music, teaching
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    We stood around our students, we teacher-chaperones, our arms outstretched over them. Together we prayed, aloud and all at once, as believers in Korean churches often do. And amid sniffles from the students and tears pricking my own eyes, I felt the presence of Jesus there, covering us, surrounding us.   Have you […]

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Come and See, Michael Card

Native American Heritage Month: Creating a Common Memory

November 1, 2016 / Kiersti Giron / 5 Small Loaves, community, history, Native Americans, racial reconciliation, teaching
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I watched my students, their faces stricken. My heart pinched for them . . . because I remembered how it felt, to learn some of these things for the first time.   This school year I’m teaching American Literature, and one of things I love about our school is the flexibility to somewhat develop my […]

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Common memory, doctrine of discovery, Native American Heritage Month

5 Reasons Why I Love Teaching at an International School

September 17, 2015 / Kiersti Giron / community, International school, teaching, Uncategorized
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A few weeks ago, I mentioned how I’ve really enjoyed the international aspect of the high school where I’m the newly-minted English teacher. This week, I thought I share with you a few more reasons why this environment of missionary kids and students from all over the world is pretty awesome.   Intercultural friendships happen […]

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6 Lessons from My First Week behind the Teacher’s Desk

August 21, 2015 / Kiersti Giron / faith, God's faithfulness, growing, seasons, teaching, Uncategorized
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I just finished my first week of teaching high school English.   This job came about quite suddenly and unexpectedly—it really did seem a “God-thing.” I learned about the opening at a small private Christian international school near us only days after I realized I needed to find a new job—not because I didn’t like […]

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