by Dawn | Sep 1, 2013 | self-improvement, Teaching
“I don’t know if I can do this anymore,” she said. “I can’t teach first graders to sit for 180 days. I don’t even have time for my own kids.” Do you feel this way? Here’s two from my playbook: “I just corrected two hundred fifty packets and didn’t cook...
by Dawn | Aug 29, 2013 | Teaching
“Tell me how you liked the book.” We sat in the professor’s parlor–about ten or twelve of us, a small history cohort. The professor was an old-style academic from the Midwest, who had completed his masters’ degree at the university where...
by Dawn | Aug 10, 2013 | fashion, Teaching
I’m watching commercials for back to school clothes. It’s important to predict the styles that I’ll be up against when I return. I consider each possible combination that could arrive in my classroom. No, I don’t want to own them, I want to be...
by Dawn | Jul 14, 2013 | leadership, parenting
It’s ten o’clock. I’ve put the boy to bed. I’ve cuddled. I’ve kissed and hugged. I’ve discussed the meaning of life. Now, I’m sitting with my tea and a book. Stomp, stomp, stomp. A little face appears in the threshold....
by Dawn | Jul 10, 2013 | Rhode Island
I couldn’t resist answering this Rhode Island question on Quora. I tried to resist, but failed…Stewie made me do it. Being a foreigner from Connecticut, a state I can no longer afford, I feel dual allegiance. I was born and bred in Bridgeport, also known...
