Once the back to school advertisements begin airing every other commercial break, and the clothing stores put their summer collection on sale, you know it …
Midnight in Brooklyn
I can’t really wrap my head around the fact that I have been teaching for seven years. It isn’t long but it is still more …
Kids Can Smell Fear
Do you remember what it was like to be a kid? I mean, besides the nostalgic memories of gallivanting on bicycles around your neighborhood with …
Social Media and the Classroom: No longer a question of “if”.
We teach our children basic computation skills in mathematics because we know they will need to know how to add, multiply, and think logically about …
We miss the old Kanye
Over the last week I listened to more than a few of my students casually mumble one of Kanye’s newest tracks while working on their …
Why Geniuses Suck At School
Part 2: Why geniuses suck at school In my part 1 of why geniuses suck at school, I wrote about a student who, by fifth …
Why Geniuses Are Horrible at School
Part 1: Why geniuses are horrible at school I never quite understood the stories of geniuses who are horrible at school until I started …
Savior Complex
Almost all teachers who stay in the profession of public education are those who hold a passion for making a difference in the lives of …
Following the wrong leader
Type “schools kill” in your Google bar and the first ten things that populate the autocomplete suggestion bar revolve around the word “creativity”. Sir Ken …
Trust me, they all learning something…
One of my pet peeves in my role as a teacher comes from the nonchalant mouths of other teachers. More specifically, my most difficult times …