If you’re anything like me, you love the curriculum creating and instructing part of teaching. There’s something so thrilling about designing effective lessons and delivering them to students and watching their minds turn with wonder and excitement. If you’re anything like me, you also loathe the grading part of teaching. […]
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19 Things Teachers Should Do During Thanksgiving Break
Thanksgiving break is finally upon us, folks. You’ve made it through the first marking period or so, fall parent/teacher conferences, and that pointless inservice where they attempted to convince you that finding time for yourself is important to your mental health — right before they subjected you to weeks of […]
A Call to Educators: Log Those Work Hours!
As educators, we know our jobs don’t end when the final bell rings, but unless we’re keeping track of how many hours we put into our jobs, it’s tough to know exactly how much of our time is dominated by work-related tasks (with much of that time being unpaid). Thanks […]
20 Things Teachers Love To Hear You Say
There are a lot of things teachers don’t want to hear their students say. Like anything involving an insult or the 4,768th question about whether we can just do nothing today. But there are a few things that get us teachers going and that pretty much light up even the […]
20 Things You Should Never Say To Teachers
A while back, The Huffington Post published an article titled 9 Things You Should Never Say to Teachers, and while the writer’s ideas are spot on, there are so many other things you should never say to teachers as well (especially teachers in need of a break). Whether you’re a […]
Meaningful and Practical Gift Ideas for Teachers
With the holidays around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about what to get your kids’ teachers to show your support and appreciation (and yes, you should definitely get them something). Here are some of the best gifts you can bestow upon your children’s teachers this year. (These tokens […]
Signs You Went to Michigan State: The Follow-Up
So many people read and contributed to my original post, Signs You Went to Michigan State University at the Turn of the Century (Thanks for that! It was so fun to see.), that I thought I’d take one reader up on her suggestion to write a follow-up post including all […]
I’m Crazy and I Show It
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] I’ve been getting the feeling that the students in one of my classes in particular think I’m NUTS. And, well, yeah? What of it? Instead of fighting it, I’m embracing it. Because hells yes, I’m crazy! And I ain’t afraid to show it. (Press play on […]