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 →
Last Sunday, we took a team of girls to a local basketball tournament. It was put on by a former player, a girl who was on the first sixth grade team that I coached here at this school. That team... Continue Reading →
Bear with me on this one, it's not starting out the way you'd expect, but I promise the happy ending! 🙂 I've written about this before, there's been a lot of change going on. A. Lot. Iowa has created a... Continue Reading →
Some days, you just write positive because it's what will make you feel better about the day. Today is one of those days. We don't celebrate enough, period. We don't celebrate birthdays (oh, I'm too old). We don't celebrate our... Continue Reading →
We've been blessed with two gorgeous, intelligent daughters. They are strong willed, know what they want, and will do great things with their lives for certain. But (you knew it was coming), sometimes, they make parenting difficult! Our oldest is... Continue Reading →
I didn't get my post up yesterday because I was with my family on our first college visit. That made me feel very old, very quickly watching all this teens and early 20somethings running around, having the times of their... Continue Reading →
Yeah, I missed Friday. My wife had a couple of appointments in which she needed a driver. Nothing major by any means, but I was with her, a nice feeling in itself. And honestly, I've been struggling. Now, I've said... Continue Reading →
Started on Monday night, finished Tuesday morning: I'm playing hooky right now as I should be reading some writing prompts and blogs, but really want to write tonight, so here I am. Like the title says, it's been a day with... Continue Reading →
The Life of a Conflicted Teacher 