May
05
This winter I was introduced to TED talks a collection of speeches by today’s most intelligent people. The range of topics are fascinating so I strongly encourage anyone to check it out. Anyway, one of the first speeches I heard/saw (because you can, if you choose, just download the sound without the video as a …
May
02
Teasing: The stress I came home from my second job tonight to learn that my eight-year-old daughter has been keeping something from us. She’s getting teased. Thankfully it only started yesterday. But that’s two days now she’s had to endure it. I feel bad for the kid–kind of. Because tonight, after some discussion and role-playing, …
May
01
I found this recently. The context is pre-vacation for a couple of my students. I’m not sure where they were going together but I remember it being far enough that they needed a plane ride. I think this list was written by a girl that was staying behind to the girl or girls that were …
Apr
09
How’s That Connection? Managing relationships, is kind of like using a cell phone. People who frequently do know where to get the best connection– where the signal is clearest–and they know where it’s not. An avid cell user can even tell you what the reception will be like without even turning the phone on. Geography, …
Apr
03
I preface this post by saying that, from time to time, my oldest daughter, Emma will visit this blog. She’s eight now, and a pretty good reader (just finishing The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett). So she has no trouble reading this drivel. She even left a comment once chastising me for sharing too …
Mar
22
Once, when I was doing my student teaching, I created a test for a “Business Communications” unit. Back then it was all about me, so I titled it “The Greatest Business Communication Test Ever” or something just as ridiculous–because, in my mind–I was the Muhammad Ali of teaching. Anyway, for some reason, I thought it …
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