by Dawn | Oct 11, 2015 | education reform, self-improvement, writing
When I write, I write alone. It’s never a collaboration unless it’s work-based, and even then, I write my twenty, thirty, or forty pages first, then pass them over with a “What do you think?” before they get chopped to bits when...
by Dawn | May 26, 2015 | education reform, parenting, Teaching
We’re making poster boards of our favorite insects, Declan and I. It’s my first second grade project. I tell him I’m not going to do it for him, I’m going to make my own. “You can’t make one! Parents can’t do their own!”...
by Dawn | Mar 29, 2015 | education reform, Teaching
Declan gets pennies in a reward jar for not annoying me. He earned enough to get something. He asked for a Rubik’s Cube. I was the last of my friends to get the Rubik’s Cube in the 80’s. I never did learn to solve it. “Here, Mom, solve...
by Dawn | Oct 9, 2014 | parenting, Teaching
“Declan broke this pencil on purpose. He’ll have to replace it.” Yet another note from school. “Why did you do that?” I ask. He gives me a blank stare like he got his mind erased in a sci-fi movie. I have to funnel down excuses...
by Dawn | Sep 10, 2014 | education reform, politics, Teaching
The reason nothing gets changed is because nobody wants to vote. I vote every chance I get, even if I have to write in a candidate. I’m a bit of a voting junkie. People have been shot at protecting my right to vote. “My vote doesn’t make a...
