Where, along the way, do we come to the conclusion that if we can’t do something without asking for help that we aren’t as smart as everyone else? Why do we feel embarrassed when we don’t understand something? When I was a teacher, I must have said show your work at least 25,000 times. But, […]
Archives for June 2013
Honesty is not always the best policy.
A couple weeks ago I was offered a job. It was very part time. And the pay wasn’t great. But it was something. A little beacon of hope amidst the worst financial situation in which we’ve ever found ourselves. But then, before I got the chance to start, I was told the offer no longer […]
Just call me Colonel Smith.
For some reason, the kindergarten and first grade years are birthday party hell years. It’s probably because the kids haven’t started thinking that members of the opposite sex are gross yet. So if a kid has a party, he or she invites the whole class. Even if only half of the kids in the class […]
Join the club. No, really. Join the club.
Today is the first day of my e-course. I’m a little nervous. And really excited. I have 38 members from all over the country WORLD!!!! Yes. I have members in my first e-course from around the mother effing world. Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Alabama, Illinois, Nebraska, California, Canada , and, […]
The Teacher’s Gift, updated.
Editor’s Note: It’s that time of year again. I wrote the original version of this post about a year ago. Here is the new and improved version. Over the course of my 15 year teaching career, I received many gifts from students. To be perfectly honest, most of the gifts I got were either regifted […]
It was a short run. But a good one.
A few weeks back I wrote about our new kitty. The one that we discovered had been born under our garage. The one who had never had any human contact. The one who would only let Number 6 near her, intially. Getting close to her was difficult in the beginning, and as a result, her fur […]