Daily Writing Prompt

I would have to say when former students I’ve had during my teaching career say they have fond memories of the classes they’ve had me for in the past. It’s usually not the actual subject matter I taught them, but instead the enjoyment they experienced while in my class. I try to treat people theContinue reading “Daily Writing Prompt”

Daily Writing Prompt – Day Twenty-Three

I guess you could say this is the last thing I relearned—the hard way. I need to think over my decisions before committing to something. I tend to be a people-pleaser and will say “Yes” to something before thinking it through carefully. Then, later down the road, I felt regret for the decision that IContinue reading “Daily Writing Prompt – Day Twenty-Three”

Daily Writing Prompt – Day Eighteen

My experience with sobriety from alcohol is one that likely taught me the most. My sobriety date is August 10, 2002. Events on that day charted a course that has led the past twenty-one plus years in my life. It was on that date that I had to admit I was powerless over alcohol andContinue reading “Daily Writing Prompt – Day Eighteen”

Day Seventeen Daily Writing Prompt…

That can be a tricky question to answer. I don’t believe in predestination. I think we all have decisions that are ours alone to make. A lot of our choices are dependent on thinking through the possible rewards/consequences. And then there are those times when we don’t fully think things true and once again, theContinue reading “Day Seventeen Daily Writing Prompt…”

Daily Writing Prompt

I will let my body of work speak for itself. I started teaching in 1981. After twenty-nine years, I retired. Since that time, I’ve done over twenty interim positions and countless substitute teaching jobs. I start yet another interim position tomorrow. All told, I’ve been teaching for forty-four school terms. I would say that answersContinue reading “Daily Writing Prompt”