I seem to have misplaced my laugher. My sense of humor. My ability to turn any tragedy into stand-up comedy. For some, this may not seem like such a big deal. There is something inappropriate in laughing about misfortune, after all. But for me? This is a huge deal. A […]
I don’t often do the Twitter; it’s kind of a scary, weird world of I Have No Idea What’s Going On in Here (definitely not as scary and weird as Tumblr, but still). I have, however, found myself logging in more frequently lately, and OH MY GOD, are there some […]
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to your classroom! Roll out of the hay! You have knowledge in your head. You have food in your tummy. No matter what those kids say, you’re nobody’s dummy! Inside that big bag you have lessons galore. No name […]
I hate people. Not as in the I-don’t-like-humans-as-a-whole sort of way, but rather as in the some-people-suck-so-hard-I-want-to-nut-punch-their-unborn-progeny sort of way. You know that sort of way, right? First, there are the perpetrators of mass torment and genocide. Their level of suckitude is so vile, it’s impossible to surpass. Next there […]
There’s a silent killer among the population. It’s not heart disease or even cancer, though these certainly can be both silent and deadly. The killer of which I speak does not discriminate based on health or genetic makeup. The killer of which I speak transcends socioeconomic and educational boundaries. The […]
Spend any amount of time online and you’ll see it: post upon post upon post about what you need to start or stop doing immediately to avoid thrusting your children into a lifetime of therapy or, worse, into a lifetime of serial killing. Nobody wants a serial killer for a […]
Spring parent/teacher conferences are coming up, and boy are we teachers excited. Really, super excited. I had planned on writing a tongue-in-cheek post about them, but I made some poor decisions last night. They involved my family and three magnum-sized jugs of wine. As a result, my brain can’t do […]
OK, so you guys have all seen the Which ___ Are You? quizzes making the rounds on social media, right? I think most of them are hosted on Buzzfeed, but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen some other website names attached to these things as well. When I first saw one, […]