I had about 750 words done on this post the first time, and somehow, the "save draft" button failed me, so I'm not sure what this will turn into! 🙂 Last week, I had the change to attend the fifth... Continue Reading →
How do I heal after a school year that's caused me to question an awful lot about what it is that I do? Â That's where I started out on June 1st, the Monday after school lets out. Â Well, let's see:... Continue Reading →
It's been a while since I've felt like writing one of these. Â I won't belabor the difficult school year I've had, but after a while, finding a happy thought to write about became a struggle. Last weekend, I spend some... Continue Reading →
I use a web site to keep track of followers and those who unfollow. It's tacky, I know, but I will follow back on almost anyone who is educationally based, and if you aren't, if I can see how you'll... Continue Reading →
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. Â 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. Â I wrote a... Continue Reading →
The Life of a Conflicted Teacher 