For my "regular" (all 5) readers, this post is written in response to what I'm seeing and hearing at the Iowa United Methodist Annual Conference. Much of what I write here will be based in what I believe in education as... Continue Reading →
If you are looking for happy, positive, and uplifting, might want to try the blog down the hallway and to the right! 🙂 I've not logged into WordPress for a while now, and I know it's been over a month... Continue Reading →
I've been lax in keeping up with my writing lately. It's a combination of no weekends free, a flood of paper work, not feeling well, and just a general sense of yuck. However, I'm writing today about my daughters because... Continue Reading →
I've carried this section of the paper around for two weeks wanting to write about this. It's something that just stuck in my craw and has festered for a while now. This was the title of a piece in the Cedar... Continue Reading →
This is what I posed to my sixth grade students today as part of their Wednesday morning writing. I'm part of an Iowa Voxer group, and first, good grief, what a talented, passionate, intense group of educators. I wrote a... Continue Reading →
Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever... Continue Reading →
A fine good Friday morning to all of you! Last night, I had the privilege of watching my oldest daughter get inducted into the National Honor Society, something that she is extremely proud of. One of the requirements, write a... Continue Reading →
Why hello there readers and fellow bloggers! It's been exactly one month since my last post. Yikes! I've spent about all that time trying to feel better. I've missed school due to illness, workshop, and personal days. I've watched basketball,... Continue Reading →
Darin, you can't talk about yesterday, you have to keep moving forward, remember?? 🙂 Yesterday was a tremendous day of learning for me professionally, and it had me jacked up to be at school today. First, I spend the day... Continue Reading →
The Life of a Conflicted Teacher 