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 […]
I’ve tried just about everything: ibuprofen, heating pads, ice, hot baths, narcotics, booze, physical therapy, muscle relaxers, TENS units. No matter what I do, the pain remains. Sometimes the pain is a dull ache in my lower back and legs. Other times it grips my body — head, shoulders, arms, […]
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 […]
I recently overheard a couple of students discussing how long it takes some teachers to grade the class’s work. Though I couldn’t pinpoint which of my colleagues they were discussing (or even if it was me), I did catch bits and pieces of the conversation before telling them I didn’t […]
Congratulations! You’ve survived the busy and sometimes grueling teacher preparation process, and now it’s time to find the job you’ve been working toward all these years. Depending on the type of district in which you interview, you can expect to encounter a number of potential interview scenarios, from one-on-one conversations […]
Just real fucking tired of it. I came across an article that ground my gears. Not the article itself. The article was fine. It was the comment thread on the Facebook page that lit a fire in my rear. (Why I even read those things is beyond me. I should […]
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, […]
Today was the day general ed teachers met with special ed teachers in our school to discuss the progress of students who are both on caseload and mainstreamed into our subject-area classes. These meetings, while regrettably held during our conference periods and responsible for eating up a large chunk of […]