On Friday, I wasn’t a hero or an inspiration or the teacher changing lives and making a difference. I didn’t do my best. I didn’t walk the words I talk. I didn’t meet my own expectations. I let the emotions take control. I let outside factors and problems into my classroom. Bottom line. I wasn’t a very good teacher. They […]
As Mental Health Awareness month comes to an end and there has been so much talk about what is being done and what isn’t being done and why shouldn’t more be done, I wanted to figure out exactly what I wanted to say. First, I thought about do I think more could be done? Yes. Do I think more should […]
Just Stop Studying. Actually, what I said was if you try to study for that test, I am going to burn your study guide. You are not studying. Doesn’t sound like parenting at it’s finest does it, but I would argue it’s one of the best things I ever did for my child. Rewind two years to freshman orientation. We […]
Dear Student, I found a letter you wrote over 15 years ago to me at the end of your 8th grade year. You were thanking me for helping you and all I did for you. Reading that letter brought tears to my eyes, but not for the reasons you probably think. I felt so bad. I was not the teacher […]
I recently ran into a group of new teachers at lunch. We had a brief conversation about where we work. When they heard where I teach, an inpatient psychiatric hospital, one of the teachers said, “Good for you. I couldn’t work with THOSE kids.” I said, “You do realize when THOSE kids leave my facility they will become YOUR kids.” […]
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