Last week a kid in Number 3’s class brought in a really old Chinese coin to share with the class. Like really old. Like 1800’s old. Like so old it was quite thin and delicate. As the class full of 8 and 9-year-olds passed this very thin and delicate family heirloom around, they observed how… … thin and […]
common sense
Parents and Teachers – Common Sense + Common Core = a total f*cking mess
I used to be a teacher. I started out as the full-time aide to an autistic student. After that, I spent three years as a 6th grade teacher. And then six years as a 4th grade teacher. I loved working with the kids. It was extremely rewarding. But even 10 years ago, in my last […]
Cotton. The fabric of our lives. Or not.
A couple days ago as I was scrolling through facebook, I saw that a friend had commented on an article. The title of the article was 10 Reasons to Stop Cotton Wool Parenting. Wait. What? What the fuck is cotton wool parenting? Was that a joke? Was it some fake article from the Onion? I know about […]