Do No Harm.
Recently a video of giving gone wrong went viral. The background: a family who monetizes social media by sharing moments from their day became the target of controversy when one of the children was filmed opening a mail package, sender not identified. The seven-year-old had been sent a box of “Slim Tea” and you can...
Stuff You Gotta Know: Teacher Edition
Dear friends who want to be a teacher, I know there are many well intentioned former educators out there who are preparing you to become great molders of young minds. But there is so much more you need know that no one will think to tell you. Until now. * Kids will puke right in...
Night Before School: Teacher Edition
Twas the night before school and the teachers are geeked, Although they have all worked so hard they are peaked. It was hot and so humid but is now cool and dry, Tomorrow I hope I see no teary eyes! The kids are excited, they just know that you, Will love them and teach them...
Hindsight-2020
In 2020 I made a post about a new pandemic. At the time I wrote it the pandemic had not been declared “global” and we had not yet learned what would happen at school. We forget what we didn’t know at the time. We forget how scary it was that CoVid was in half a...
BeYOUtiful.
I’ve had so many questions about interviewing lately, so I thought I would share a few thoughts. A quick Google search reveals there are thousands of interview advice sites, but here are some tips from an admin who has sat through hundreds of interviews… First impressions: *Dress to be you, only a nicely cleaned up...
Why are they LIKE that?
What can you do if you are a new or student teacher surrounded by miserable old farts? Many of my friends work in education. Last month when some of us were together, they began discussing (and let me be candid, lamenting) some student teachers at their respective schools. “Why are they like that? We were...
