There are so many debates surrounding the education system and everything in it. Yet this one never seems to come up. Over the years more and more things that used to fall on the parent are now becoming built into what the teacher is expected to handle. After being in the school system, I can …
Job hunting and the whole process afterward until getting hired is a skill. You should be focused on mastering this skill if you are still in the system like most of us. With a recession, no one wants to think about it but job hunting may come up sooner rather than later for many of …
It is possible to carry on a conversation where the topic is something you do not agree on. At Thanksgiving and Christmas, we avoid talking about politics, religion, and anything that has been in the news in the last 6 months. Stick to safe subjects. How sad is it that we have to avoid certain …
I don’t understand banned books, particularly for high school. I need someone to explain the thought process behind the whole idea because I must be missing some key piece of the puzzle. Who is Banning Them? It is my understanding that it is local advocacy groups, literary groups, and even weird mom Facebook groups that …
I grew up in the private school system from grades 1–9. My entire grade was never over 40 people and we knew everyone in our grade, the one above us and the one below. Allow me to educate you. There Are Levels To Private Schooling I went to a redneck private school. It was in …
This Halloween marks 4 years clean for me. It’s a weird type of anniversary. Most people don’t celebrate milestones like this after they get past their 1-year mark. Even more, I very rarely have heard of people celebrating the type of milestone I bring to the table. I am an addict. The kind that isn’t …
As a gay person raised Christian I am so sick of this wishy-washy half-in-half-out approach. Christians who spout hatred at least stick to their whole “the Bible is the end all be all” even if they pick and choose what parts to believe. Christians who accept us can’t give us a solid reason why. It …
In Olympus has Fallen, the Whitehouse gets taken over and the President is held hostage. Great movie (Copyright does not belong to me, yada yada, I did not make it, buy it, or build it and am not trying to take credit for it). Now there is a whole series of these movies and you …
I bought a house in September. Closed on it in October. I am freaking petrified. That bit of timber with a shingle roof has tied up every spare bit of money I have. The market was not good for buyers and I was a poor one anyway. Still, I managed it even as a first-timer. …
I am not a teacher. I am more like someone who stumbled into a classroom one day and they were so desperate they gave me a title and what they pretended was a salary. And I was young, dumb, and desperate enough that I took it. Teachers have one of the hardest jobs in the …