There’s No Crying While Teaching! I was watching a Geico commercial where a pyschiatrist told his patient to “Man up!”. Well, not in those words, but that’s what he meant. I really laughed when he offered the patient the tissue box, and as he reached for it, he threw it past him. ...
Learning Begins at Home I hosted a cookout at my house yesterday. While I was sitting on the deck, one of my guest’s 8 year old daughter walked by, and I noticed her shoelaces were untied. I asked her to tie her shoelaces because I didn’t want her to trip and fall. She ...
Tick! Tock! Time to Go Back! Got a phone call from a colleague today telling me to check my school email! “Oh,oh”, I thought,”That doesn’t sound good.” Sure enough, I had received an email from my principal, a foreboding of what’s to come. It’s time to go back to work! On one ...
Students Are Not Your Friends! Repeat after me, “I am not my students’s friend”, “I am not my students’s friend.” The sooner teachers come to realize this, the more control they will have of their classrooms. Too many times, teachers worry about whether the kids will like them. ...
Reading IS Fundamental! I took my teenage son and two of his friends to the mall today, not to shop, but to meet District English teachers to discuss the book they had to read for their Mandatory Reading assignment. No, I wasn’t forced to grab both his legs and drag him, ...
Skating Party! I love going to social events with the students! Tonight was our annual after school skating party. It gives me a chance to relax and have a good time with my students in a different setting. Even the ones that got on my nerves all day, are given a hug ...
