Those Kids
To THAT student…I’m Sorry I Wasn’t Better
I Told My High School Son to Just Stop Studying
I’m Not Going to Talk About the Gay Kid Anymore.
The Voice of THOSE KIDS: I’d Rather Be Not Liked for Being Mean Than Not Liked for Being Me
THOSE KIDS: The One Who Changed Everything
If I Am The Face of My Classroom, Then You Are The Backbone
THOSE KIDS: The Who Matters. The What and The Why Can Come Later
THOSE KIDS: The Connection Makes A Difference, but Does It Make The Difference?
THOSE KIDS: No One Wants Better For Me Than Me
The 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. […]