When I was in middle school, my friends and I came up with a way to express disdain in a secret fashion. When someone was…

I give tests. I give IQ tests, “Cognitive Tests” (aka IQ tests that are not banned in California), Auditory Processing Tests, Visual Processing Tests, Neuropsychological…

As I mentioned in a previous post, I was going to try to infuse a Response to Intervention (RtI) model at my middle school. I…

I grew up in white, middle class suburbia. I was completely ill equipped to understand the gang culture in the school district I began working…

A few weeks ago, I packed up my work bag, my coffee mug, and my lunch for the day, and headed outside to get in…

Once again, I feel compelled to show this hilarious clip from Summer Heights High, a mockumentary of high school students. Originally, I thought it was…

I have a confession. I’ve been spying on you. I can see what search terms people use to get to my blog. I get many…

“Penny Pingleton, you know you are punished. From now on you’re wearing a giant P on your blouse EVERY DAY to school so that the…

As I walked home today at the end of work, I overheard a man talking to my neighbor. I am a somewhat of an eavesdropper…

I feel compelled to write about Dante’s 10th Canto of Hell, otherwise known as my first year as a school psychologist. I’ve been getting many…