I have four cows. To many of you, you might think "ok, so what?" Cows are totally new to me. When I grew up, we lived on a 5 acre little place, and we had a petting zoo of... Continue Reading →
Nope, not one here! 🙂 Actually, my mind is wandering to next year. We have had great termoil here, with much trimming due to budget, and in all of it, our hallway continues to work hard. However, we've all... Continue Reading →
Fridays are always a tough day for me. We spend a whole week looking forward to today, wanting it to show up, willing each day to move through, then what? Friday. I just get the feeling Friday shows up with... Continue Reading →
As my students have taken their last MAP tests today, I look at their results and sigh. I've written before about time and so for, so I won't go into that, but today, it's just a kind almost sadness. I... Continue Reading →
My youngest daughter is a little athlete. She's 12 with a short, powerful build, and is a good runner, gymnasts, and is turning into a great swimmer. In April, she took part in the state gymnastics meet where they took the top... Continue Reading →
Yes, it's another blog post about testing! It's that time of the year where a young child's dreams turn to filling in bubbles, #2 pencils, and hearing the word "map" with no map in front of them. Now, I'm not... Continue Reading →
What do you need? How do you put that into context? Food? Wealth? Power? Friends? We all need certain things to survive, but after those basics are met, what next? First and foremost, I need to teach. One... Continue Reading →
Twitter, some people love it, other hate it. Most just roll their eyes when I bring it up. For the most part, I pass information along, websites, quotes, snippets of information gathered from the far reaches of the online universe.... Continue Reading →
First, my apologies about the lack of writing here, both to you the reader and to myself. It's amazing how good it feels to get things out there, yet, finding the time to do it often is a pain. I've... Continue Reading →
The Life of a Conflicted Teacher 