Usually this is a pretty positive Friday post, and maybe it will turn out that way, I'm not totally sure right now! 🙂 This week, Sunday through today, has been an absolute mess of activities and all sorts of happenings.... Continue Reading →
A couple of weeks ago my superintendent, @duanewillhite, began following me. Â It's a scary thing, have both of your bosses following you, but I've gained a new respect for both Mr. Whillhite and my principal, Mr. Gearhart (@nfvgearhart) as they... 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 →
Tonight, we tried our first "Literacy Open House", similar to a open house we had last year with math. Â All of our elementary teachers worked on some kind of literacy topic, preparing a 15 minute presentation that would hold three... Continue Reading →
No negative thoughts. Â No mention of them as I have a beautiful wife, daughters, a solid job, solid home, and so many other things in my favor right now. My happy thought for the day: Halloween! Yup, as a teacher,... 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 →
July 8. Â That's when I noticed the aisles cleared at the local big box retail store. I knew what was going into those aisles, but July 8? Â Then came the comments: "Oh where did summer go?" "Wow summer's just flown... Continue Reading →
One my friends, someone I've know for a while now, is now my principal. Â Now, I can't give names or anything like that, but I know she reads this blog, so I can write whatever I want here without being... Continue Reading →
The Life of a Conflicted Teacher 