Category Archives: #education

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…”

A shared reading: 7 Surprising Ways COVID-19 Is Changing the Way You Think

If you are like most people, the COVID-19 virus has you stressed out, even if you are not sick. You may feel tired, worried, apathetic, anxious, frustrated, depressed, or afraid. You may even be angry or disgusted because you think some people aren’t taking the pandemic seriously enough, while others are being overzealous and unnecessarily panicked. You might believe that theContinue reading “A shared reading: 7 Surprising Ways COVID-19 Is Changing the Way You Think”

Daily Readings for Sunday, March 22nd

Meditation for the Day You cannot have a spiritual need that God cannot supply. Your fundamental need is a spiritual need, the need of power to live the good life. The best spiritual supply is received by you when you want it to pass on to other people. You get it largely by giving itContinue reading “Daily Readings for Sunday, March 22nd”