How Parents Can Make Life Hard for Their Kids
On a recent college tour with the baby of the family, I thought it might be a good time to probe a little to see if the high school junior […]
Category Archives: generation Y
Any Given School Day
On any given school day you will see this in my class: Every Kid Speaks Every Day I got this idea from a friend who desired open communication and participation […]
We Don’t Need No Education – Actually, You Do . . . .
Just like that summer is over, and school starts tomorrow. I have a love/hate relationship with the start of school. There’s something refreshing about a do-over, but with the temps […]
What Would You Tell a Graduate?
One of my favorite classroom traditions is showing commencement addresses to seniors the last two weeks of school. I’m not sure how or why I started doing this, but the […]
Who are You Cheating?
Research is well underway in one of my 12th-grade classes, so the subject of plagiarism was only a matter of time. Most times I deal with this indirectly because I […]
School Year Resolutions
This was supposed to be my first post of 2016, and I guess it technically is. Between the start of a new semester in school, my mom’s foot surgery, and […]
You Could Have Said “Yes”
Once again the teacher is learning from the student. I never cease to be amazed by students and want to relay a story told by a National Honor Society officer […]
The Ultimate Teacher Appreciation
*This post was previously published last year, but since everyone including me has forgotten what I wrote last year on teacher appreciation, I am running this again. The first full […]
Finishing Strong
If you find yourself staring out the window during class, daydreaming about beach or lake days, not completing homework, or feeling overall academically sluggish, you could very well be suffering from […]
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