For me, teaching is the only thing. It isn't the only thing I want to do with my life, nor is it the only thing I do. It is the only thing that makes me truly happy. Every single day, I get to think of ways to help children get information into their Read More...

My principal came in for a "sit-down" with me last night. She said I was moving too fast for my team (all of them new teachers to our district.) They couldn't keep up with me. Now, I have been doing the lion's share of the work. I was doing all the copying, Read More...

Are we so swelled up with importance of our jobs (said sarcastically) that parents feel intimidated by talking to us? Why do they go to the principal and complain when they haven't even come to us? I have a girl that supposedly has a bladder problem and Read More...

I am so sick of Focus Wall I could choke. We HAVE to have one for every subject area. My kids can't find what they are looking for because there is so much stuff on the "focus wall'. We have to put up Objectives for the day, vocabulary words, themes, Read More...

I have never thought about retiring until this year. I cannot believe how tired I am. We spent the last 2 weeks moving our stuff into the new school. I had meetings all last week and then more unpacking. I lifted and moved boxes until I literally dropped Read More...

I live a little over 30 miles from my job. The county I teach in suddenly decided to re-pave the roads. It took me an hour and a half to get to work this morning. I will have to leave my house at 5:30 in the morning to get to work on time now. They won't Read More...

We have to do duty at our school. I know some schools hire people to do it but at our school, we, the staff, do it. I don't mind. Even though it is hotter than Hades this time of year, it gets me out of the building and talking to kids in a relaxed environment. Read More...

Now that a lot of computer and text stuff is getting into our language, are we going to have to learn the new stuff to understand what our students are writing about? I am talking about LOL, (laugh out loud) and BFF (best friends forever) kind of stuff. Read More...