Baja Lessons…A Surfer’s Passion Versión en inglés y español incluida
We don’t talk about passion where I come from. The number of times I had talked about living a passionate life or doing what I am passionate about I could
Read MoreMonth: May 2019
If I Am The Face of My Classroom, Then You Are The Backbone
As Mental Health Awareness month comes to an end and there has been so much talk about what is being done and what isn’t being done and why shouldn’t more
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Grandma Smell, Brain Fog, No Metabolism, The Sag, and Fat Armpits…
Last week a student told me she liked the way I smelled. I said thanks and that’s so nice. She said you smell like my grandma. Seriously? I’m preparing to
Read MoreThe VOICES of THOSE KIDS
During preservice a few years ago, I ran into a group of new teachers at lunch. We had a brief conversation about where we worked. When they heard where I taught, a PRTF (Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility), one of the teachers said, “Good for you. I couldn’t work with THOSE kids.” I said, “You do realize when THOSE kids leave […]
Learning is Not Closed
Changing aren’t coming. They’re here. Everything is changing. Again. Hard decisions were made in most of our communities. Precautions and restrictions and shut downs. Quarantines and capacities and illnesses. I know emotions are high and opinions are all over the place. Not everyone agrees or understands. Some will make the transition relatively easily and some it’s going to hit hard. […]