After a wonderful, relaxing Thanksgiving break during which I did not so much as crack a teacher manual or uncap a colored pen until Sunday ...

As part of my new role as one of the coaches for Battle of the Books, I have to read the same books the kids are reading for the battle and...

Today I am thankful that I have a job that not only pays the bills, but that is intellectually, emotionally, and sometimes even physically c...

Today, I kind of remembered why I'm a teacher.  My lessons weren't particularly stellar (Fridays never are--specials, test, review f...

This afternoon I had planned on giving the kids a solid 45 minutes to work on their Heroes essays.  They are progressing nicely, and I know ...

Okay.  I'm hoping to get to bed early tonight, so I'm not going to get into everything that's been going on.  But after last Mon...

I want to quit.  I can't remember any of the reasons I got into teaching anymore and I just don't know if it's worth it.  I just...

I knew when I took this job that it would come with some of the natural challenges involved in teaching in a low-income school.  MIA parents...

This has been QUITE the week!!!  Tuesday Mrs. J and I stayed EMBARRASSINGLY late at school...so late, I don't even want to say what time...

Here is the eagerly anticipated (by Mrs. J at least!) blog post about the tasmanian devils incident of Thursday...  intrigued?  Just wait fo...