For forty-three years, I have been a classroom teacher in some sort or fashion. I spent twenty-nine years as a full-time teacher, most of which were in middle school classrooms. For the past fourteen years, since my retirement in 2010, I’ve been substitute teaching and filling in for teachers on an interim basis. There haveContinue reading “There Comes a Time….”
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Random Reflections – Day Twenty-Four
I find myself this day reflecting on an interim teaching position that I’ve just finished my first week in completing. It’s a truly difficult position on several fronts. First, it’s a English/Language Arts position, which is not one of my areas of expertise. Although I’m certified to teach the subject, it’s been a long, longContinue reading “Random Reflections – Day Twenty-Four”
Another Chapter Begins….
Thursday, February 29th – It was on this day last week that I ended one chapter in my life. A somewhat somber chapter in which two people thought they had found someone that they’d be spending the rest of their lives with, but such was not to be. Last Thursday marked the official end ofContinue reading “Another Chapter Begins….”
100 Days of Writing – Day Forty-Nine
The first day of school for students is officially in the books,,,,year forty-two for me. Things went smoothly today. There were a few glitches, but nothing unexpected. With so many students to serve, there were a few schedule quirks we had to deal with, but nothing major. The first day of school always brings upContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Forty-Nine”
100 Days of Writing – Day Forty-Seven
The first week of the 2022-23 school year is over and done for the forty-two year teaching veteran. I’ve had four workdays and am looking forward to the first day with students this upcoming Monday. Some people have the idea that teachers don’t have a whole lot to do with teacher workdays, but such isContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Forty-Seven”
100 Days of Writing – Day Forty-Four
Year forty-two of teaching….teacher workday number one Today was my first day back in the classroom to begin my forty-second year in the teaching profession. I’m going to be doing a maternity leave interim for the first eight weeks of the school year and today was our first teacher workday. I got a lot accomplishedContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Forty-Four”
Random Writing – Another school year is ready to begin and another interim position will be underway
Another school year will soon be upon us and I’ve once again accepted an interim position for the first weeks of school. It will be my forty-second year in the classroom and my thirteenth after retirement. Year forty-two is getting ready to get started. The assignment I’ll be working in to start the year isContinue reading “Random Writing – Another school year is ready to begin and another interim position will be underway”
100 Days of Writing – Day Ten
Get Up and Go What gives you purpose? Do you have a dream or passion that you share with others? I don’t have to ponder too long to answer the question about what gives my life purpose. For the past forty-one years, including twelve after my “retirement,” I have been a classroom teacher. Each assignmentContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Ten”
100 Days of Writing – Day Two
Day Two – High-Five Yourself Consider your proudest moment. What was it and how did you feel? I had been nominated quite a few times for school system teaching awards, but never had gone on to win. In 2002, I had once again been nominated for our middle school and was attending the banquet forContinue reading “100 Days of Writing – Day Two”
A Picture Worth 1000 Words or More…
It was the last day of the grading period, leading into a four day weekend. We had gone outside for our end-of-day recess. Two of my students brought a flower to give to me and I placed it on my nametag. Little did I know at that time, that might have been our last dayContinue reading “A Picture Worth 1000 Words or More…”
David Lee 