It is Friday about 3:30 pm. The students ran out of here at 2:42 when the bell rang. I am sitting at my desk trying to get some work done. I am finishing my lesson plans at the same time I am putting grades in the computer. I have some music on to help me... Continue Reading →
Educational Rant- Race
It is my first year of teaching. I am standing in my classroom. The walls are kind of a hospital blue. There are four small windows up high near the ceiling to my right. There is a blackboard behind me. The cinder block wall to my left is that blue. It is dingy and seems... Continue Reading →
Educational Rant- School Shootings
I did a google search: This made me tear up. I know this though. I see it every day. I have written about this. School sucks. When I was in school, I loved school. I loved it from the time I was little. I can recall at a very early age asking my mom when I... Continue Reading →
Educational Rant: The Student
I went to school today. Not as a teacher. I went to school as a student. Although I spend every workday and even an occasional weekend at school, in a high school, I don't attend school. I shadowed a kid today. I met him at the front door and went through his day with him.... Continue Reading →
Educational Rant- learning vs grades
I am not alone. But sometimes I feel alone. I am an advocate for learning. You know that whole teacher thing. I want my students to learn. I have a feeling a lot of us feel that way. We want our kids or students to learn. I am going to go out on a limb... Continue Reading →
Educational Rant- suspension
Suspension. What does it mean? Is it something that can be hanging? As in, the hammock was suspended from the ceiling. Or maybe it means something has been temporarily taken away or removed. Your subscription has been suspended. We have suspended your service. OR maybe it means your kid got into a fight at school and got suspended! ... Continue Reading →
Educational Rant-Change
After a fulfilling summer break, I am back and ready! This is the first year in my many years of teaching that I have felt this way. I find it amusing because last year was so hard for me I expected to be dreading the first day of school. But I am not. I am... Continue Reading →
Fear
I am not afraid. OK. I lie. I am afraid. But I am not afraid to be afraid. Huh? Fear can be debilitating. It can keep a person from moving forward and doing something. It's like when a spider crawls across the floor, and I jump up on the furniture and scream, and then I... Continue Reading →
Educational Rant-just some poems I wrote to keep me from losing my mind
3 Weeks I can see it, the end is near But I always fear I will not finish, the job won’t get done Because I just want to have fun If only they would install A margarita bar Down the hall The days would pass The students will show up to class They would all... Continue Reading →
Educational Rant- Testing or Protesting?
It is testing time. All over the place states across the nation test students in public schools. I feel like the whole academic year has been about testing. My students have been pulled out of classes repeatedly throughout the school year for tests. Now, at the end of the year is the big kahuna of... Continue Reading →
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