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Work Cures Everything
I love this image of Henri Matisse sculpting in bed. He was 81 years old. Getting back into the routine. Only 99 working days until summer vacation. Share
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83.3% Free
I’ve been spending far too much time lately calculating how much longer I have to work until the next 3 day weekend, Spring Break, or summer vacation. It’s not very productive, and it’s not very...
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Christmas in the Living Room
Now, about that action resolution … I really should take my Christmas tree down, but it’s so pretty! Happy Monday! Share
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Swallow Evil Words
I thought of this quote today when one of my kids, faced with yet another mandatory exam, gave himself the sign of the cross, glowered at me, and shook his head before looking to Heaven and mouthing a...
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Go Placidly
After an overly long morning meeting that ended in a shouting match between frustrated educators, three hours filled with “I can’t do this!”, “This is retarded” and the eternal “Why do I need to know...
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There Is Peace in Silence
Friday afternoon, and only two more hours until the weekend! I like it when my weeks finish with 6th period planning time. I have a chance to sit in my quiet classroom and reflect on the past week and...
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Friends. In 1948, Art Mooney popularized a song written twenty years earlier by Mort Dixon and Harry Woods. It went like this: I’m looking over a four-leaf clover That I...
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Be On Good Terms With All Persons
NaPoWriMo #4 got a little dark, so check out this smiley kitty, installment number three in the Desiderata series. As long as they don’t push you around and make you do things that are wrong, try to...
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Whiling Away the Hours
I’ve been working on this post for at least 2 weeks. I can’t seem to find enough uninterrupted time to finish it. The school year is dwindling away. Attendance has dropped off. Administration has...
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The Children of One God
This week I started and finished two novels by Barbara Kingsolver, one of my favorite authors: Animal Dreams and Pigs in Heaven. Both novels feature fascinating Cherokee characters and a lot of the...
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Awe. Aww. There’s A Difference.
A small grammar PSA, endorsed by English teachers everywhere.
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Thanks, USA Soccer!
Months ahead of the World Cup people said that USA Soccer’s draw in Group G along with Germany, Ghana, and Portugal was a tough position from which to advance. Expectations were pretty low, but the...
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