Husband is so great. Whenever there’s a news show about education, he TiVos it for me and we watch it together. Even on our 1st…
Read MoreThis Week, with Debbie Downer

Husband is so great. Whenever there’s a news show about education, he TiVos it for me and we watch it together. Even on our 1st…
Read MoreFriends, how did it happen? How is it back to school already? In a previous post, I wrote about the three summer phases, the last…
Read MoreThis fine Sunday morning, I decided to break out of my normal routine of lounging around and frittering away time on Facebook to take a…
Read MoreOne of the obvious perks of working in a school district is the summers off. And friends, my summer vacay has officially started! It has…
Read MoreI am apparently developing a theme this week in my posts. It’s Behavior Week! Perhaps it is because many of my students are experiencing termination…
Read MoreFriends, last week (or was it month?) I wrote about getting “served” by math, and it must be Serve-a-Pol-ooza month. You see, this week, I…
Read MoreAfter last week’s delightfully sad post on telling a parent her daughter has mental retardation, I think we (I) need a more lighthearted post today….
Read MoreHappy New Year! If only I was technically fancy enough to make little virtual balloons and streamers fall from this page. Maybe next year. In…
Read MoreI think I will. After a day of being a de-facto “lice-check line” monitor today at my elementary school, due to my unfortunate office juxtaposition,…
Read MoreI have a secret Internet best friend. It may be a bit premature, but I have ordered the “Best Friends” heart necklace, in which one…
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