by Dawn | Oct 15, 2012 | family, parenting, satire
I have a five-year old who is getting even with me for being a five-year old who never shut up. It’s a curse. Parents say, “I hope you have one just like you.” Well, I did. And while I never walked across the house to turn around, bend over, and...
by Dawn | Oct 7, 2012 | organization, satire, Teaching
I made a learnboard on Learnist about checklists. It was based on a fabulous article by Dr. Todd Finley, who researched everything related to checklists. He read all the research on checklists, poured through every website about checklists known to mankind, and read...
by Dawn | Oct 2, 2012 | education reform, satire, Teaching
In my day, we didn’t have “ADHD.” We had “Shut the hell up and do your homework!” and “WHAT is your PROBLEM?” They were both a valid educational diagnoses entered into the DSM Negative 5, the book of guidelines on such...
by Dawn | Sep 28, 2012 | satire, sports
I wanted to be a bodybuilder. I know, check out the “about me” photo, and you’ll see a pretty scrawny individual who is not even good at cross-country, the one sport where people are morally required to cheer for all participants even if they’re terrible. But for...
by Dawn | Sep 25, 2012 | religion
I’m not really Jewish—I’m an honorary Jew. I got this honor for a couple of reasons, for which I’m grateful because the Jewish holidays are really cool. Of course, many people prefer the Christian holidays, because who gets gifts on Rosh Hashana, and...
by Dawn | Sep 23, 2012 | music, Teaching
I love music. I wanted to be a professional musician, but there was one small problem. I couldn’t read music. And I’d never had a clarinet lesson. I was third-chair third clarinet in the high school band which I joined junior year. Everyone else joined in...
