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The children are maddening.  I've seen a lot of disrespect this week, and I'm sick of it.  I could go on and on with a ...

We performed the fetal pig dissection lab in Living Environment class yesterday. I was skeptical of doing this lab with the kids I have ...

A brief list of positives and negatives from yesterday. POSITIVE: My poster mosaic project of the animal cell worked out really well for my Anatomy class. Due to ...

I hate half days. They're totally pointless. I could squeeze some meaningful instruction into a half day schedule, but why bother getting my ...

My days fall into a regular pattern. My schedule sees me working from Homeroom at 7:50 straight through the end of 3rd period at ...

I was having a fine day yesterday. Things were moving along nicely. I was even optimistic about my 8th period. I had ...

The week is almost over.  It's been a quiet one at school this week, which is a nice change from the previous 4 weeks of ...

That was a quick one. Five work days slipped by without much progress. We had some standardized testing and field trips that managed ...

Nature called me about 15 minutes before my alarm was set to go off this morning. Found myself awake at 5:40 AM and figured ...

I can't believe I haven't written about Friday. Frustrating Friday. My Friday started off fairly well. In fact, my first six periods of the ...

It's Thursday, and that can only mean one thing for a teacher: FRIDAY.  Friday, I'm in love.  Autopilot.  Cruise control.  Week's end. Finished an activity from ...

I put up this blog with the intention of creating fresh content every day based on my school year experiences.  We're a week in, and ...

Well, I've finished out the first week of the new year.  Only 39 more weeks to go!  If the school year were a human gestation, ...

Students and teachers returned to most area schools Wednesday.  A few districts started on Tuesday, but my school year began with a half-day of eight ...