"Be a teacher," they said. "You'll have fun," they said. "You'll get summers off," they said. "It's the perfect schedule for moms. You'll love the short days," they said. What they didn't say is: I do have fun, but I am so exhausted by the time the week-end rolls around that I can't ...
Patience. Don't have it. Never did. Not so sure I ever will. At least by some standards. Some may say (and have) that I have the patience of Job. Others would scoff at that comment. I think patience can only be determined and defined by you. That makes it really easy, huh? Not ...
I'm just a teacher. I don't leap over tall buildings or single handedly save the world. I just reach one child at a time while leaping over student desks and pointing to an objective on the board. That's all. Nothing phenomenal or outstanding. Just your ordinary, run-of-the-mill ...
Amid all the controversy of the nomination of Betsy DeVos, questions arise about qualifications. One of my biggest stumbling blocks is having a non-educator tell me how to teach. That is like me telling an investigator how to solve a crime just because I watch NCIS. Watching and ...
