The other day I posted an exchange I had with a parent about farting. Today I follow that up with another interesting, though not nearly as outrageous exchange. One thing to note this time around is that although I emailed Dad’s email address (like last time), Mom was the one who replied. [...]
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Parent Communication Revisited
January 21st, 2009 · 3 Comments
Tags: Around the house · Children · Teaching
Farting and the art of parent communication
January 8th, 2009 · 7 Comments
Alright.
I’ve got this student who likes to act like a complete moron (I presume) to get attention. Notice here, I did not say that he was a complete moron. I said he likes to act like one. There’s a difference. It’s called tact. Remember that term–tact. It’s [...]
“Why I’m Not Sorry.” Inside the Adolescent Mind
January 8th, 2009 · 3 Comments
I collected this about a year ago as part of a disciplinary plan from a student who cut a healthy lock of hair from a girls head. I had posted it then, but some of his classmates alerted him to the posting and made a big stink out of it. So I post [...]