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Tiny Teaching Stories: The Powerful Moments of Your Lives, Distilled

Your lives as teachers are packed with powerful moments: moments of triumph, frustration, absurdity, joy, revelation, and hilarity. We want to hear about those moments. We’re asking teachers to distill an experience that was powerful for them into no more than 100 words. Below are some of the stories they’ve shared.

This project was inspired by, but is not affiliated with, The New York Times’ .

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Teaching Profession Tiny Teaching Stories: 'How Will We Navigate This New Normal?'
Super-short stories written by teachers about their triumphs and frustrations, and the hilarious or absurd moments from their lives.
Catherine Gewertz, August 4, 2020
2 min read
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Teaching Profession Tiny Teaching Stories: 'His Test Was Positive for COVID-19'
Super-short stories written by teachers about their triumphs and frustrations, and the hilarious or absurd moments from their lives.
Catherine Gewertz, July 6, 2020
3 min read
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Teaching Profession Tiny Teaching Stories: 'A Real Bird in My Class'
Super-short stories written by teachers about their triumphs and frustrations, and the hilarious or absurd moments from their lives.
Catherine Gewertz, June 9, 2020
2 min read
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Teaching Profession Tiny Teaching Stories: 'I Wish I Had Known'
Super-short stories written by teachers about their triumphs and frustrations, and the hilarious or absurd moments from their lives.
Catherine Gewertz, May 5, 2020
2 min read
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Teaching Profession Tiny Teaching Stories: 'I Have Dreams'
Super-short stories written by teachers about their triumphs and frustrations, and the hilarious or absurd moments from their lives.
Catherine Gewertz, April 6, 2020
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Teaching Profession Tiny Teaching Stories: 'I Have One! Porn!'
Super-short stories written by teachers about their triumphs and frustrations, and the hilarious or absurd moments from their lives.
Catherine Gewertz, March 3, 2020
2 min read
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Teaching Profession Tiny Teaching Stories: 'Not One of the Favorites'
Super-short stories written by teachers about their triumphs and frustrations, and the hilarious or absurd moments from their lives.
February 3, 2020
3 min read
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Teaching Profession Tiny Teaching Stories: 'My Voice Is Terrible'
Super-short stories written by teachers about their triumphs and frustrations, and the hilarious or absurd moments from their lives.
Catherine Gewertz, January 3, 2020
2 min read
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Teaching Profession Tiny Teaching Stories: 'I'm Just Not Ready to Go Home Yet'
Super-short stories written by teachers about their triumphs and frustrations, and the hilarious or absurd moments from their lives.
December 4, 2019
3 min read
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Teaching Profession Opinion Tiny Teaching Stories: 'Those Three Keep Haunting Me'
Super-short stories written by teachers about their triumphs and frustrations, and the hilarious or absurd moments from their lives.
November 6, 2019
2 min read
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Teaching Profession Opinion Tiny Teaching Stories: 'For Good Instead of Mischief'
Super-short stories written by teachers about their triumphs and frustrations, and the hilarious or absurd moments from their lives.
October 11, 2019
3 min read