Anyone Else Need a Reset?
You’ve got this. Almost there. Look how strong you are. “Running” through the park earlier this week, I happened upon a small yet meaningful moment that served as a reset […]
You’ve got this. Almost there. Look how strong you are. “Running” through the park earlier this week, I happened upon a small yet meaningful moment that served as a reset […]
Tomorrow is the first day of the 2020 -2021 school year. I along with many other teachers in Atlanta and other counties in Georgia will set our alarms tonight, get […]
“This is not a black person issue; this is a humanity issue.” I wish I knew who to attribute this quote to but did not catch the name on the […]
Each year I give a commencement address to my students. This has been such an usual year, and I am still collecting my thoughts as we wind up the year. […]
Yesterday I found out that my high school English teacher passed away. She was a legend in Trussville, Alabama, and as you can imagine, a large inspiration for me. The […]
Life as we know it changed very suddenly last week. Many of our students will now be facing circumstances that are difficult to process. Some will be without food; others […]
In preparation for National Poetry Month in April, I am working on a post for NCTE featuring Jericho Brown. This is based on an activity that I’ve done for the […]
Leap year!! That means an extra day of reading in 2020. February was a good reading month primarily because I had a few work trips which gave me some extra […]
Man’s Search for Meaning, ★★★★★ Frankl, 2006, Nonfiction “For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best.” Frankl’s book […]