# @emilyventures on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BpAhPzHnmnb
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14159421-emilyventures-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/d1521f76da.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-10-16T20:53:55.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Emily A Hart (@EmilyVentures) — https://gondola.cc/EmilyVentures

## Caption

There are a few new people around here who are probably wondering what National Park this is. If you guessed Math Park, you are correct :) You see, I am not a full time traveler. I am a full time middle school math teacher, part time traveler. I spend my days surrounded by 12 year olds and my Tuesday's wearing whimsical dresses. This is one part of my life, just like travel, and friends, and hobbies are other parts of it. ⁣
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One of the strange things about teaching is the observations. Depending on the school, you may get observed once every day or once every year — I've experienced both — without warning. I was at a school once that emphasized the idea that the observation was "just a snapshot" — they were aware that things happened before and after. That they didn't know the whole story. They'd assume positive intentions for the incredible amount of information they missed. ⁣
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This was so comforting. Because of course the 5, 10, or even 20 minutes they saw wasn't the whole story. Of course you can't check the 20+ boxes in that time. It's just a snapshot. ⁣
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This is just a snapshot. These squares are (quite literally) just a snapshot of my life. Of your life. We don't see what happens before. What happens after. In the in-between. And I'm comforted by that. Any time I try to compare. Any time I think someone else is checking off more boxes, I remember: things happened before and after. I don't know the whole story. It's just a snapshot.  #modclothsquad #modcloth #sponsored

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