Kindness Matters
Today is Stop Bullying Day. Raising awareness for bullying is necessary, and I am against all forms of bullying. However, I’ll see your Stop Bullying Day and […]
Category Archives: good character
Welcome to My House
Tonight is Open House -the night where parents come to see how their kids are doing in school after 10 days. If there’s a problem after only 10 days, that’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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