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 | Aug 19, 2013 | Teaching
Wanted. One teaching job. Setting negotiable, for a genius who hasn’t yet been hired. The candidate is certified in social studies, but social studies isn’t all you get with this candidate. He connects to any subject at the drop of a time, weaving in...
by Dawn | Jun 29, 2013 | satire, simplicity
Today’s Saturday. Dates and times are irrelevant to me for the next seven weeks until school starts. This is the time of year when you hate me. The time of year when I call you randomly, email you at all times, and disturb you at work. You get annoyed....
by Dawn | May 24, 2013 | education reform
Sometimes I’m searching for something obscure. I go to Google. I put in the first letter– something nobody thinks about, like aardvarks. Google knows as soon as I type “a.” I check to see if the webcam turned on–if someone’s spying...
by Dawn | Dec 21, 2012 | education reform, Teaching
It’s between classes. I’m looking down the hallway at the kids running around, scattering in every direction in the five minutes between classes. I’m remembering what it felt to be one of those kids. The kid with the outrageous fashion, the kid talking to...
