Folks, if you can’t spot that this answer was intended humorously, uses wild generalizations, and has very little basis in reality, I don’t know what to tell you. The obvious answer is actually “I don’t dislike any kid – I struggle to raise them all up,” but since […]
Your behavior counts as 20% of your grade. I’ve been online longer than you, so I know all the places where people buy papers. If you’re a D student who suddenly starts turning in A work, chances are good that you’re cheating. Yes, I really do read the […]
Interrupt my class with an unscheduled fire drill Send out a last-minute email explaining why half my kids will miss the test because of a field trip to go see a movie Cut off the last two hours of the day for an “emergency class meeting” where you […]
“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 […]
Gossip is the root of all evil. If an individual has a problem, it should be addressed in a healthy, productive manner in which all parties feel as though the outcome is mutually beneficial. Right. Yeah, about that. One of the best parts about being a teacher is […]
“Teachers and administrators demonstrate all too well a capacity to either enrich or diminish one another’s lives and thereby enrich or diminish their schools”- Roland Barth As a consultant, I spend a lot of time in school staff rooms. They are fascinating places and tell us a lot […]
From Napoleon being attacked by a pack of wild rabbits to a war that lasted less than 40 minutes, these are 25 strange facts from history you probably didn’t learn in school. 25 Officially, the longest war in history was between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly, […]
