by Dawn | May 17, 2016 | education reform, satire, Teaching
Customer Satisfaction Survey: Rate Your Standardized Test Proctor Here Please answer the following questions about your standardized test proctor In order to give you the best experience possible throughout your two weeks of standardized testing, we ask that you take...
by Dawn | Jan 27, 2016 | education reform, family, simplicity
My son’s been in the bathroom for a very long time. I thought there was a problem. Nothing’s wrong except the iPad has a full charge. In the olden days, we took real books into the bathroom–honest to goodness literature. Dickens is plenty long...
by Dawn | Dec 30, 2015 | education reform, family, parenting, Teaching
The boy screams and wails. I panic and run to the other room. “It’s signed me out of X-box Live!” he says. I try to be relieved–nobody’s injured. Instead, the cold hand of fear wraps around my soul. I cannot fix the Xbox. I have no...
by Dawn | Dec 1, 2015 | education reform, self-improvement, Teaching
If you haven’t heard Paul Burgett’s “The Fiery Furnace” speech (here on Soundcloud) you must. It’s one of the greatest speeches of all times. I like to listen to a good speech. A good speech makes me laugh then punches me in the gut,...
by Dawn | Nov 20, 2015 | education reform, spirituality, Teaching
There is No God but “That God…” and He’s the Same as Yours. Unless You’re Atheist… or How Social Studies Saved the World “There’s terrorism in the world because they worship that god.” “What God?” I...
by Dawn | Nov 13, 2015 | education reform, Teaching
Friday. God’s gift to the universe. “You’ve got to send me the calendar dates not the days,” said my friend. “Days of the week mean nothing to me.” That’s how it is in the rest of the world. Not schools. Days of the week...
