I had the wonderful experience of cutting into a tomato from the farmer's market the other day that had a worm living in it. He had apparently eaten into the tomato much earlier; the fruit had then healed around him,...
I've always enjoyed teaching, but for one reason or another every other school year has been very stressful for me. For six years I taught for probably the most mis-managed school district in the area. When I finally left, I...
I've given all of my students the same self portrait assignment this week. We've spent time looking at a couple of Vincent van Gogh's self portraits and discussing them. Then they are each given an 8" by 11" paper on...
We all remember them; there were seven of them with names like Grumpy, Sleepy, Sneezy, and Lazy. I've been doing the boring, uninspring task of going over rules and procedures with all of my classes this week. My speech involves...
School has officially started. I have had two days of classes. I am trying to be short, sweet and too the point when it comes to going over procedures. You can always tell when your classroom full of first graders...
One of the bittersweet things about being a teacher is the ability to start over at the beginning of each new year. It's nice to get a fresh start with new classes, new ideas, and new energy, but I always...
Most of you are probably wondering what happened to me. I know I haven’t posted in a while; it’s because I’ve been really busy. Last week I worked on “Extreme Makeover: Church Edition” at our church. We remodeled four rooms...