by Dawn | Apr 30, 2013 | education reform, satire, Teaching, technology
I’m giving a vocabulary test. I don’t like vocabulary tests. I’m tired of them. Even though I don’t love tests, vocabulary is important. Not just for students, but for me. I’m getting old. Words change their meaning. Not being up on...
by Dawn | Apr 26, 2013 | education reform, family, parenting, Teaching
We found a frog in the garden. A big, green Calavaras-county style bullfrog hiding under the straw. “Mom, he reminds me of a palaeobatrachus. That’s a dinosaur that was an amphibian. A dinosaur frog. Frogs are amphibians, you know. They live in the water...
by Dawn | Apr 24, 2013 | acting, education reform, self-improvement, social justice, Teaching, writing
It’s Shakespeare’s birthday. I don’t have a card. To tell you the truth, I’m a bit angry at the man, dead though he may be, because no one will do my work in class. They’re all walking around with scraplets of paper in their palms,...
by Dawn | Apr 22, 2013 | business, family, martial arts, nature, parenting, politics, satire, Teaching, Zen
“Mom!” “What?” “Can I borrow five bucks?” “You’re five. What do you need five bucks for?” “My Junior Bow.” We went to the Bass Pro Shop about a month ago. We passed by the hunting section. I wandered in...
by Dawn | Apr 21, 2013 | Teaching, Uncategorized
I am in the middle of class. A good class. They listen. A hand goes up. I say, “Yes.” I am waiting for the genius, the home run, the reply–the question of the year. “I have to go to the lav.” Deflated. I try again. The class smiles. I...
