by Dawn | May 14, 2016 | social justice
A whole lot of schools are about to give back some serious federal dollars over a toilet or two. At issue is gender identity and whether schools should be required to have a gender-inclusive bathroom. Federal dollars are tough to come by. I know this because The...
by Dawn | May 7, 2016 | Parenting, Teaching
“Mrs. L didn’t get the tickets yet. The first half sold out. We’ll try again tomorrow.” I said yes to something only an insano mom would do. MineCon. “What’s MineCon?” you ask. It’s twelve-thousand Minecraft people...
by Dawn | May 4, 2016 | self-improvement, Teaching
My first student turned 30 today. He wasn’t actually my student, to be fair. He might have been the hall monitor or something, because he always came to check on all of my classes. I thought he was an employee for three years. He was the only person I ever...
by Dawn | May 1, 2016 | food, Parenting, Teaching
“I have a cold. I need chocolate chip cookies.” “No. I’ll make you some tea,” I say. “I don’t want tea. I want a cookie,” says the boy. There’s no room for discussion here. This is the kind of conversation that...
by Dawn | Apr 21, 2016 | Parenting
Taking 8-year olds to the museum is a dangerous thing. It was Declan’s first trip to New York City. I’d been promising to go to the museum, but I didn’t know if he was ready. There’s a certain conditioning New Yorkers have that Declan lacks....
