[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Teachers are supposed to be somehow greater than human, welcoming and accepting of all; submissive to students, their parents, and the general public; and willing to do anything for nothing no matter how time consuming or emotionally and physically fatiguing. It’s the job we signed up […]
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 […]
My remedial students had a project due today, which for the first time ever, I told them couldn’t be turned in late (with the exception of late projects because of IEP or 504 accommodations). You see, the marking period is about to end in a couple days, and I 1.) […]
[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’m an empath. Most people look at this word with confusion or curiosity. Empath? And? I suppose that’s a positive. If I had said I’m clairvoyant or I have psychic powers, chances are you wouldn’t have made it this far down the page. But empath? That’s relatively “normal” enough to still be intriguing. To be […]
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 […]
By now you’ve likely heard that Fred Phelps, famous for his Westboro Baptist Church affiliation and “God Hates Fags” doctrine, is reportedly “on the edge of death”. This really isn’t news, for the man’s 84 years old, an age when many elderly citizens battle deadly health afflictions. Except it is […]