Here I am, again. Trying to convince myself to keep a blog alive. To my credit, I have written a few things on Medium, but even those posts have become sparse. Most of the time I feel as though I’m shouting the same stuff into…
Category: The Daily Teacher Grind
Good teachers, summer breaks and self-care
By now, most of us have seen the tweet implying what ‘good teachers’ do during the summer. If you haven’t, here is the link to the tweet by @SteeleThoughts. It rightfully garnered pushback from members of various #EduCommunities. Some teachers either gave that tweet the…
I See What You Do: Why I won’t sit with teachers during lunch
“I can’t believe what you say because I see what you do.” ~James Baldwin In holding myself accountable about writing more as a means of both reflection and motivation, I’m writing on this beautiful Sunday to clear my head. After our 1-day workweek last week due…
Making room for anger
“The turbulence means you’re flying-stay the course.” @joelakaMaG I read that tweet roughly an hour ago. I retweeted it, then read it again as one of my followers ‘Liked’ it. Then, I read it again. I’ve been struggling to write a post…an update on my goal…
I Just Wanna Be Great: Why organizational chaos and dysfunction won’t let me
Today is December 28, 2017. There are only a few days remaining in our (teachers’) Christmas break. Although I’ve done a lot of resting and thinking, I’m not ready to go back…just yet. Sure, 2 weeks of vacation time is great and significantly more than…