How will the rest of my career ever live up to this? Last night I went to a track meet to support some of my students. I have four students on the track team, and another who is talking about joining. The track team at the school I'm placed in doesn't get enough attention. While I was there I met the mother of one of my favorite students. She was very soft spoken and kind, and very » Continue Reading
Virtual Teaching Is NOT My Specialty One of the major side effects of last week's winter storm was water main breaks in my city. As a result, many of the homes in the area that I teach, are without water. Many of the local schools were without water, themselves, or were being used as distribution centers for bottled water. This caused the district to decide that it was best to go virtual for the w... » Continue Reading
At Least This Will Give Me Something To Talk About With My Counselor The last day before Snowpocalypse began, one of my students (we can call her B) came to me in the middle of class to tell me that another student (we'll call her L) needed me. B said that L was in the bathroom - they had been pulled out of class by our hall's security personnel to deal with a conflict with another girl. I know th... » Continue Reading