Life and Stuff

I’ve been mulling it over today while my kids fracture fairy tales. A joyful and extra-goofy activity, but darn if they don’t pick up advanced plotline right quick.
So.
I’m a lot like my students. Some of my kids, they see their grade, and they personalize it, interpret it as, “this must be ME.” They may have […]

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One thing I’ve learned is that no matter what one of my kids does, it is never, never, never a good idea to embarrass, humiliate, or unnecessarily “call out” a kid when they’ve done something that is rather petty.
A few of my kids have done some stuff that, believe me, tempted me to holler out […]

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I’ve been working my rear end off doing all of the front-loading that comes with a new school year. It involves very long days, too much legwork, a lot of phone calls, planning, planning, paperwork, more paperwork, and more planning. At the beginning of a new school year, it sometimes feels as though you teach […]

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One of the things that I teach my young writers is to “show, not tell.”
I equate doing this seemingly-impossible duty to love.
You can say the words. They mean only so much. You can describe your love. You may as well be describing the wallpaper.
Or, you can show it. If you aren’t at the edge of […]

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