Tomorrow would have been my grandmother’s birthday. I am not sure how old she would have been ; you never asked Lucille Rose how old she was. She was a beautiful, stubborn woman who stressed the importance of manners and always saying thank you. It is also one of my nephew’s birthdays, but their day …
Tag: teaching
Pausing for a Happy Dance
Today, I had every intention of finishing the poetry post after school was out. Then I read something at lunch that stop me in my tracks. An email informing me that I am now the new English Department Chair. For the past three years there has been a different chair. Each time I found out …
No Poetry Today
No poetry today No lyrical musings on life's quandaries No alliteration or clever meter No inspiration demanding to be heard Begging, Pleading for release Just a blank page disappearing With a click and a clack A snap and a tap
Back to the Grind
Today, probably by the time you read this, I will have already walked back into the cafeteria for the first assembly of the year. Some might imagine that I have spent the summer break with my feet up relaxing at the beach, sleeping in and spending whole days in my pj's. The reality is that …
The Nation’s Critical Thinking Test
Each day brings us closer to election time. The news is already on information overload. Both candidates have supporters, ads and an agenda. The country if you believe the media is crisis and it may very well be. Things are definitely not going well. People are angry and rightly so, but are they angry about the …
Moonday, Moonday
I am too tired to really do my beloved forum justice this week, but I feel bad letting a Moonday go by without a post. This past week, I have done a lot of resting and reflecting after an impromptu trip to Florida Hospital. I was the youngest person in the cardiac observation unit, a …
Testing Day
Getting ready to head out the door earlier than usual for the great FCAT test. My classroom has to be sanitized of anything which might help the students. Plus, there is paperwork, I need to complete for my evaluation. Oh, and then there is the mound of grading begging to be completed. The life of …
Missing Something….
Yep, no Friday book review. I fell short of my goal. Normally, I would be kicking myself and re-examining the last week so I could do better the next go round. With this failure however, I realize I set myself up with a task that was unrealistic. Yesterday, when I would have been finalizing the …
A Poem A Day… National Poetry Month
Every year since I began teaching, I have done something to celebrate National Poetry Month. This time around, I have a both a blog and a classroom. While I would love to say that I have taken up the challenge to write 30 poems in 30 days, I just don't feel like I can do …
Justice…
When we achieve justice for one of us, we achieve it for all of us. The shooting of Trayvon Martin didn't just hurt his family and friends, it hurts all of us. Many of the students who come in my classroom already have a problem with the color of my skin; complexity of ethnicity not …
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