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Creative Chaos?!?!
I took this picture yesterday …. I’d love to tell you it was a few minutes of messiness, but that would be a BIG, FAT, l.i.e. Can you relate? Or, are you shrieking as you look at the cacophony that threatens to swallow my desk in its discord? One day last week,…
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Becoming Unnecessary
A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary. ~ Thomas Carruthers Become unnecessary? Why would I do that? Because as teachers and as parents, it’s our responsibility to our students/children. My two cents?? Teach kids the definition of integrity: what you do when no one is looking,” … and get out of the way.…
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Why I Teach: Ten (Important) Reasons
Students Students Students Students Students Students Students Students Students Students Oftentimes, when I tell people I’m a high school teacher, I get this response (or a slight variation), “Oh, wow! I could never do that! Teenagers these days….” Truth is, the teenagers have been the only reason I keep coming back…
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Early Childhood Ed: Tykes, Testing, and (Future) Teachers
This post was first published in 2011. At the time, I was a member of our district’s CTE Instructional Support team. Since then, I returned to my own academic classroom, where I’ve spent the past three+ years. Now, with a wish to return to CTE, I’m sharing an answer to…
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Of Paper Clips and Hall Passes …..
Oh pockets, thank you! In the predawn darkness, you hold the To Do’s and Don’t Forgets. You carry the promise of another bustling day. Hour by hour, your promise, revealed. Classroom life……. Not. For. The. Faint. Of. Heart. Then, as the sun begins to slide …. you shelter new treasures. Remnants of the day….. But what’s to be found when I…
