I can't lie, I do love Fridays. I love the excitement of students who have plans and come into the room jacked up for their trip or party or whatever it is. Teachers enjoy Fridays as well just simply because... Continue Reading →
I've spent a fair amount of time in the gym this past basketball season and I've come to the follow conclusion: I'd make a terrible varsity coach. That's not to say that I won't do it someday, I love coaching.... Continue Reading →
Before I started this blog, I used "blog" on Facebook. Not that I did a ton of writing (not like I do now either) I was inspired by a friend's writing and thought "why not?" This post was done... Continue Reading →
Have you ever gotten on that amusement park ride that your kids love, but you look at with trepidation? You are sitting there thinking to yourself that this may not have been the best idea and suddenly, you are screaming... Continue Reading →
First, a shout out to Norm Bossio and his book, How to Stay Motivated on the Deck of the Titanic. Norm spoke to us during a week long Master's program retreat four years ago, and my friend purchased the book for... Continue Reading →
A fine Saturday morning to the six people who read this! I've been up since 5:30 A.M. on a Saturday not because I want to, no, my daughter has swim practice at 7:00. We've made the 35 minute drive, I've... Continue Reading →
Change. If you are in education, heck, in life, you hear this word tossed around a lot. The curmudgeonous old man in me flares as I think I don't need change that much and while we are at it, get... Continue Reading →
A few days ago, I was challenged by Cristina Milos (@surreallyno) to continue a "meme" about the five things I'd like my teacher to know about me (here's her post about this topic). This meme was started by Allanah King (@allanahk) and... Continue Reading →
As I work on cultivating professional relationships on Twitter, one thing is apparent, there are some awesome teachers doing incredible things out there. Case in point: last Friday, I took part in a "flipped" classroom activity with Jeff Bradbury... Continue Reading →
The Life of a Conflicted Teacher 