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 …
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 …
Someone on Twitter asked recently what you need to tell your college-bound kid about how to be an adult besides taking responsibility. I decided to break down some of my ideas for college-age kids into simple rule-of-thumb type answers. If you don’t know what job you want from your degree, don’t get it. A degree …
College is the standard path for American kids today. It is a given that you should graduate from high school and transition directly into a four-year college program. Kids assume that is where they are headed and that their choices don’t begin until it comes time to decide which college. Teachers operate off of the …
There is always a class. A class that got designated as the ones who would only go so far in life because of their inability to sit still for six hours a day in cinderblock rooms . This is the class that is full of the kids who got letters assigned to them way before …
I am not a teacher I am not a teacher. I only got the distinction due to a job title. I wasn’t born into it like some folks. When we were little lots of little girls in my friend group wanted to play school and be the teacher, I wasn’t one of them. I wanted …
I just concluded my first year sitting behind a desk and giving the grades instead of receiving them. I decided to jot down a few of my observations and tips in the hopes of making it easier for the new ones who will sit down this August and feel a little out of place Come …
Dear Kid… In the back corner, I see your phone out during free time. I’m not blind. But I pretend to be because I know that the other kids don’t talk to you and you always say yes ma’am to me, giving me respect that is hard to find in these classroom cages. Asleep at …
It’s bigger. The world. It’s bigger. It’s bigger than that 2-acre lot where you claim a parking spot, paved over with asphalt more pebble than concrete, and oil slicks that seem to be old as the dinosaurs they are made from. It’s bigger than those brick and concrete buildings that you swear are meant to …
Who Am I I am a Techie. I work behind the scenes. I come in, fix your computer and leave. I dress too casual, generally hear too much, and speak way too honest. And somehow during the year where it all came undone, I got drafted out of my world behind the scenes to teach …
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