Feets

My first year teaching, someone bought and delivered chairs, rugs, bookcases, and blinds to my public school classroom. What began as the set for a cut-rate Soviet public service announcement began to look more like a pleasant learning environment. Books by the dozens also appeared, the most popular of which is definitely Parenthood by Bill Cosby (it reads well in 30-minute bursts), and then Do Fish Drink Water? , which I haven’t read, so I don’t know if they do.

Multiple Snow Days: Associated Risks

The use of snow days, while intoxicating and restful, can become dangerous if it becomes habitual. Be aware of the following symptoms of snow day overdose: 1. The making of elaborate breakfasts: no more cereal. No more oatmeal. No more eggs! Okay, but French toast cooked in butter IS better than all those. 2. Knowing […]

The Hours

If you are no longer in high school (lucky you), hear some harp arpeggios and send yourself back there…. The hour of the day that you had a class makes all the difference. You got your most hated class right after lunch? Great time for a nap. Your best class first? Bummer: you’re still half […]

50 Things Servers Should Never Do

Based on “100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do” by Bruce Buschel on the New York Times website (see link below), I have compiled the “50 Things Teachers Should Never Do,” from his Part I, which perhaps shows that service is service, or perhaps shows that I am an annoying stick-in-the-mud, just like Mr. Buschel. […]