“You need a fish.” Tim the freshman plopped a Nalgene bottle with a goldfish on my desk. I did not need a fish. I thought they were stupid. If you want to give me something, give me a dog, a cat, a snake, or some coffee. But the creature was alive and...
We are in the digital age. While we still haven’t left the resume behind, we have entered an age of transparency where your social media tells a lot abouy you. Set it up for success. Done properly, this gives you an edge. Do it halfway, and it could come back to...
“I want to be a teacher.” “Good news,” I told my boss. “I got into grad school… I’m going to need you to change my schedule.” That’s how I broke the news to my best boss ever, that I was going to teach. I was 7 or...
Cure the “broke teacher” syndrome–starting…now! “Any teacher that won’t give a kid a pencil shouldn’t be teacher.” Someone said that to me once, not long after I started my “no spend” policy. I was a broke...
Are you one of “those teachers” who makes kids buy a list of specialty school supplies? If you’re a parent you know what I’m talking about–that school supply list a mile long. “Mom, I need a pink, purple, blue, cyan, and black seven...
A story about a kid with no talent… We were doing a project—teams working away, except for two kids. One was playing video games in the corner because everyone knows teachers can’t see or hear you when you hide in the corner. The other wasn’t hiding so much as...
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