Sometimes it’s hard for parents (and even teachers!) to determine if certain struggles or behaviors are just a normal part of the learning process, or an indicator of a deeper issue. Certain problems can serve as red flags that a cognitive skill weakness may be causing serious learning […]
I’ve eaten at hundreds of restaurants in my life, but I’ve never worked at one. My wife was a waitress in college, so when we go out to eat and I complain about something, she’s usually able to offer me an explanation. The table next to ours received […]
“Note: I’m 13 and this is all aimed at my dad, he and my mom are split up. And lots of this is venting.” If I’m staring off into space I’m probably thinking about something you don’t wanna know about. Stop asking me what I’m thinking about. If […]
How much they complain. I’d say about 25% of students have a knee-jerk response to complain about everything these days. It’s annoying. Anything I say short of “let’s just have free time” is going to be met with sighs, groans, and complaints. How short their attention spans are. […]
Exhausting. Caveat: I’m not a teacher in a very poor area. I’m a teacher in a poor area. But I still have homeless students and students with extremely deprived home lives. When you study to be a teacher, you spend almost none of your education learning how to […]
Some are heartbreaker, some are frustrating, some are anger-inducing. All are worth a read, as this is what many schools look like today. Teachers are counselors, parents and teachers are wrapped into one and the deserve praise for the work they do! This Is NOT Giving Your Kid […]
Last year, due to a drop in enrolments, I taught a class of six students. It was mostly delightful, but it also meant that the two kids who didn’t want to be there comprised one third of the class, and stood out like the proverbial sore thumbs. This […]
