I have been thinking about television. Which seems like an odd place to start when I am actually thinking about my students…but here we are. When I was growing up, there just weren’t that many choices. We watched I Dream of Jeannie and The Brady Bunch and later M*A*S*H and The Love Boat. Obviously notContinue reading “I’m Wondering What We Have in Common?”
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Having Been Gutted…I’m a Little Tender
I hurt a student this week and I didn’t know until her mom reached out with the kindest, most heartfelt punch in the gut I can imagine. I hurt her daughter and she wanted me to know it. I had put random and anonymous student responses from a digital worksheet on the screen. There wereContinue reading “Having Been Gutted…I’m a Little Tender”
Efficient Toward What?
I have been thinking about efficiency in public education … and now I am wondering if I am trying to be efficient myself, or if I expect efficiency from my students, my admin, or the larger public education system … or all of the above. And efficient toward what? I started thinking I might writeContinue reading “Efficient Toward What?”
Dear students…I might not notice.
That’s hard for me to write. There are a lot of you. Some of you are very, very good at letting me know when you need something. You ask questions. You wave me over. You tell me you’re confused. You send an email. You announce to the entire room that you have NO IDEA WHATContinue reading “Dear students…I might not notice.”
