by Dawn | May 17, 2013 | education reform, satire, Teaching, Uncategorized
Coffee is teacher crack. I’m about to make 30 cups and line them up on the back of my desk. I don’t only double-fist cups of coffee, I “quad” them. This is a technique I saw once in college, where the individual rehydrating himself...
by Dawn | May 15, 2013 | business, education reform, leadership, Rhode Island, Teaching, technology
I was teaching a unit that was boring. But it’s in the curriculum so I had no choice. I tried to chug it down and get on to something better. I gave the test. They bombed. I don’t even like tests–In a few years, I bet we won’t even need...
by Dawn | May 8, 2013 | education reform, leadership, organization, satire, self-improvement, Teaching, technology, writing
“No!!” I said as I watched my finger click “Don’t save.” I was multitasking–talking, thinking, and typing, laptop balanced on my knee. My finger headed for the wrong square. Microsoft Word gave me the a courtesy reminder. “Are...
by Dawn | May 4, 2013 | business, education reform, leadership, organization, self-improvement, spirituality, Teaching, Zen
I’m pulling weeds in the garden and planting new flowers. The garden is full. It’s huge. Truth be told, it could have been a little bigger–I’d have filled it. A million things poke through the soil–some in rows, more in random places...
by Dawn | May 2, 2013 | education reform, family, gratitude, leadership, motivation, parenting, self-improvement, social justice
The boy slept on the desk. I woke him again. I wasn’t that boring. Maybe I was–am I qualified to make that determination? That was a minute of his life he would never get back. I asked him after class. “Was I that boring?” “No, Miss, I...
by Dawn | Apr 30, 2013 | education reform, satire, Teaching, technology
I’m giving a vocabulary test. I don’t like vocabulary tests. I’m tired of them. Even though I don’t love tests, vocabulary is important. Not just for students, but for me. I’m getting old. Words change their meaning. Not being up on...