Eight phone calls before lunch. Eight! Call One: “Hello, Robin?” “No, it’s Dawn.” “Can I speak to Robin?” “No. You have the wrong number.” “I really need Robin.” Then call her!...
Right now my son has The Peach Salsa Computer, and it’s going to die. It’s time to start computer shopping for middle school. But with a birthday around the corner, I’d like to kill two birds with one stone–get him something that looks like a...
You just spent a ton of time creating a unit. It’s beautiful. You’ll use it this year, and maybe next. Or maybe you wrote a curriculum or guide for your department. Who owns that content? This is an important question. If you put in the work, it should be...
“Is school cancelled? There’s snow out there. Everyone’s texting everyone. Parents, teachers, concerned citizens. We all want to know. Is school cancelled? “Did you get the text?” Nobody got the text. NOBODY GOT THE TEXT!!! There...
Teachers–how much money from your last paycheck did you give back to your job? Stop spending–before it’s too late! It’s prom season. ($40) “Can your department donate a basket to our fundraiser?” ($10) “Dress down day.”...
Keep your sanity at report card time! The day before report card day is one of four days a year students miraculously care about the number in the grade book. Nobody cared when I said, “Sure, get that to me tomorrow,” or “It’ll be posted on the...
