by Dawn | Feb 5, 2013 | education reform, gratitude, nature, simplicity, spirituality, Teaching
It’s 4AM. The middle of the night for some, and I have just been presented with a question about the vastness of the universe for further consideration. These are the moments when dialogue sparks up in the stillness of the night when no five-year old intuitively...
by Dawn | Jan 5, 2013 | education reform, gratitude, politics, satire, Teaching
I would just like to pause to take a moment to be thankful for Congress. I had been a little down about the public perception of education. I even got chastised by a good friend after sending a link to an education article in which I had some involvement. “You...
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...
by Dawn | Dec 5, 2012 | education reform, fashion, satire, Teaching, Uncategorized
If you have followed my writings, you know that I struggle with fashion. I hate it, as a matter of fact, though with proper guidance I clean up well. But I think I’m in a better place now than I was in September when I prayed for Carson Kressley to come and take me...
by Dawn | Nov 16, 2012 | parenting, Teaching
Last night was parent teacher night. I love parent teacher night, but I don’t really love the format–basically, a million parents line up for ten seconds of my time. I feel somewhat like a cross between really, really rude, and a rock star. We put out...
