I had a literacy coach’s meeting on Friday and we talked about many things, but textual lineages was one that stuck with me. Your textual linage are those books that you read throughout your life,Continue reading

I have known for quite some time that I am not good under pressure. Jobs like ER doctor, police officer, air traffic controller were never in the cards for me. I am not calm. IContinue reading

Sundays as a teacher are always stressful. From the moment you open your eyes, it is like a clock ticking away, counting down till Monday morning when the kids show up, real or virtual. ThatContinue reading

When I was a kid in 2nd grade, I made a paper chain in class to count down the days to Christmas. I brought it home proudly and hung it in the kitchen for allContinue reading

TikTok, I snubbed my nose at you like so many of my age, Gen X-ers who have lived full lives before tech came along, us knowing how to entertain ourselves without a device in ourContinue reading

I remember so clearly the moment I realized I could mute a student on Zoom. It was early in the pandemic, when we were just getting going on Zoom, trying to offer a community safeContinue reading

I press my right foot down into the floorboard, and suddenly, jerkily the car I am not driving comes to a halt. It is not because I have a pedal, I don’t. I am aContinue reading

When the pandemic started and we quickly switched to shelter in place and working from home, I came across an article of advice for all us work at home newbies on how to manage. OneContinue reading

My son sleeps and sleeps. He assures me this is normal behavior for a person his age, a teenager and since my own memory of that time has long floated away, I say, “ok” asContinue reading