CELL PHONES, CONTROL, AND THE TRUTH ABOUT TEENS I’ve been subbing in middle and high schools this year, and like everywhere else, the rule is the same: No phones. This isn’t new. It’s one of education’s greatest hits — dragged out every year like we haven’t debated it for a decade straight. The Exhaustion of... Continue Reading →
Educational Rant: Busy Work
Educational Rant: Busy Work The Wind, the Notes, and My Rising Blood Pressure I’m sitting here getting mad.My daughter is outside, trying to take pictures of her math notes with her school laptop. The wind keeps blowing the pages around, and she’s getting frustrated. I finally ask what she’s doing, and she says she has... Continue Reading →
Value
Value I went to the board recently for reasons that I am not discussing here…maybe another time.. The high school has a program called School Of Choice or SOC. It has been in existence for at least 20 years. Maybe more. It was in progress when I began teaching at the High School in 2004. ... Continue Reading →
Bullying
When my daughter was in 5th or 6th grade she was getting called a certain derogatory name due to the fact that her body was developing quite early. I recall her coming home and telling me her experience and her feelings around this. She was hurt and confused. She couldn’t understand why this girl said... Continue Reading →
Educational Rant- School Lunch
Educational Rant- School LunchAfter 3 days and one week of school, there have been a lot of opinions, assumptions, rumors- whatever you want to call them- about the new lunch program. A brief lesson: Senate Bill 4 was passed this past spring to support free breakfast and lunch for ALL students in New Mexico. Los... Continue Reading →
Educational Rant-Resiliency
Kids need to know that their feelings are real and ok. Even the feelings of hopelessness, despair, and depression.
Educational Rant- Compliance
I am sitting at the kitchen table in tears. These tears I have been holding back for days, and I didn't know why until now. I decided to go to Powerschool. I never do this. I used to do this. I used to be obsessed, and I had notifications, and I got a ding every... Continue Reading →
Educational Rant- Success
Success. We talk about success all the time, especially in school. Success is getting your assignments done. It is getting an A on a test. It is advancing to the next level. It is graduating from high school, college, kindergarten(whatever). Success has been defined by income and status. If we see someone who has a... Continue Reading →
Educational Rant-That nagging feeling
You know that feeling you get when something just doesn't feel right, but you can't figure out what it is? I have had that feeling lately, actually, since Tuesday night after the School Board meeting. This past weekend I had been in zoom meetings attending a New Mexico School Board Association meeting. I'm not too... Continue Reading →
Educational Rant: boooring?
"Life is not going to be kind to him if he doesn't come to understand that you will always have to do things that bore you in life." This is the message we are promoting in education. Your life has to suck right now so that when you grow up you will be ok with... Continue Reading →
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