We all need to be encouraged at different times, but this time of year seems to be the time that everyone has a case of 'school-itis' (or the flu). For some reason, the shortest month of the year, feels like the longest. February. Drags. By. Tempers ...
In May of 2014, I decided to leave public education after 21 years. It wasn't easy, but I was tired of "fighting the system". I love teaching. I love kids. But, I don't like politics, unnecessary meetings that take me away from my students or family, and unsupportive administrators ...
5:30 AM temperature check. Normal. Not. Good. Maybe the thermometer is broken? Maybe not. Get up. Get ready for school. And by noon you feel like you've been run over by a 4 ton truck. You should have stayed at home. Taken a sick day. But. You. ...
It is that time of year, cold and flu season, which will be shortly followed by "mental health season". We think that it is more trouble to be absent than it is to just make it through the day. We have the trouble of preparing for a sub, then we have to play catch-up ...
What do Christmas break, Thanksgiving break, Spring break, and President's Day all have in common? They are opportunities to sleep in!! I have found myself living for the week-end just so I have a chance to sleep in and not be in a rush to go somewhere. I live for ...
