[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] NOTE: Though this is written specifically to new moms, it is for any new parent or loved one of a new parent. Just imagine these instances as they might apply to your unique situation. So you got yerself knocked up and are about to have/have just […]
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To The Students I Had My First Year Teaching, I’m Sorry.
To the students I had my first year teaching, I’m sorry. I’m sorry I didn’t spend more time getting to know who you are outside of the classroom. You see, in college, they made a really big deal about not getting too chummy with students for fear of crossing lines, […]
10 Things I Swore I’d Never Do as a Parent Before I Was a Parent
Everybody’s an expert at parenting before they actually become parents (or a looooong time after they’ve been parents). I was no exception. The list of things I was never going to do as a parent before I became one is lengthy. I was either so naive or such an asshole […]
The Procrastinator’s Guide to Grading Papers
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. […]
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 […]
Ways to Make People Who Are Judgy Toward Your Special Needs Child Feel Awkward
Ewing is currently doing serial casting in an attempt to help lengthen his calf muscle so he can flatten his foot and wear his AFO (Ankle Foot Orthotic) without getting crazy blisters and sores. An added bonus of having a child who’s being serial casted (aside from the awesome smell […]
20 Signs You Were a Child of the 80s
You might be a child of the 80s if… …you can’t remember wearing a seat belt, let alone being stuffed into a car seat. …you owned one (or more, in my case) Michael Jackson dolls — complete with silver glove. …you at one point sported a male or female mullet. […]
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 […]