Phew!  2 Institute Days, 1 Back to School Night, and 3 full days of teaching down!  I'm always amazed by how tough it is to get myself b...

Or, What I wish my ed program had taught me... I loved so many things about college, but some of the things I loved most (besides weekend ...

Can I tell you a secret?  I don't always like to push myself.  Yup, I can be a creature of comfort, loving the feeling of a routine.  On...

source If you're a newer visitor to my blog, you should know that my first year teaching (last year) was no picnic.  Let's just ...

I have been meaning to write about this for the past two weeks, but have had a difficult time putting everything I'm thinking and feelin...

Today was not my happiest of days at school.  While things are still going far better than last year, today I was pretty frustrated all day....

Thrilled that we have canceled our intervention block for the week and a half leading up to spring break, I've decided to use the extra ...

Today was just one of those days.  You know, those trying to cram in a million things, time is slipping away, talking way too fast, explaini...

When Dan Brown of The Great Expectations School came and spoke to my senior seminar class last year about his teaching experience in the Br...