by Dawn | Oct 3, 2013 | Teaching, writing
“How long does it have to be?” he asks. “There are three questions you will never ask me,” I reply. “What’s the date and time,” I motion to the date scribed in red and the analog clock ticking out seconds as our lives pass by....
by Dawn | Oct 2, 2013 | Teaching
There are secrets that teachers should never reveal. I’m not talking about the three days you went to the beach pretending you had diarrhea. Not that. File that under “mental health.” Never speak of it again. I’m talking about skills. Never...
by Dawn | Sep 27, 2013 | family, Teaching
I can’t discuss the day I had yesterday…not because I don’t want to…because of confidentiality. I never discuss things that can be pegged to individual students unless they are positive shout outs. It was a Class-A challenging day, filled with...
by Dawn | Sep 24, 2013 | organization, Teaching, Uncategorized
The Teacher’s Mailroom. It’s a relic from the past. Boxes that serve as a repositories for things better ignored via email. Every once in a while the cluttered box proves its worth. I get a special treat from someone like a thank you note or a card with a...
by Dawn | Sep 22, 2013 | gardening, Teaching, Uncategorized
I pulled out the last of the Brussels sprouts without brussels. I’d been watching them, waiting. I asked the farmer when I saw them getting cabbage worms. “Should I spray?” I didn’t want to spray. I wanted to be organic. Spraying would make me...
by Dawn | Sep 17, 2013 | Teaching
I found the following question on Quora. I had to answer. Why do schools teach history instead of something more practical? When and why did the governments across the world decide to add history as a subject And why does it have to be history instead of some other...
