Student Loan Sharks–Finally Relief!
I felt like the stereotypical problem gambler in the vise-like grip of creditors (predators,) owing way more interest than I’d originally signed on for. How so? Quite simply, I was at the mercy (there is none) of debt collectors, because I hadn’t paid my student loans. But I wasn’t some casual drifter who ignored responsibilities….
The Plot Thickens: Teachers Act Out on Common Core and PAARC
Today’s Sheila Resseger commentary in the Providence Journal is a call to arms for parents, educators, and all who care where we’re going regarding Common Core and the PAARC. It’s not the first time former teacher Resseger’s weighed in, but her war cry’s gaining traction: Teachers’ union NEARI has determined to inform parents that they…
If You’ve Gotta ‘Do Common Core’…At Least Let This Real Teacher Help
You know what teachers’ biggest complaint is? Pseudo teachers telling us how to teach. You know who I mean…the self-appointed, supposed experts…the ones who got out of the classroom…or never got into it…because they were either being eaten alive by the kids or they feared that fate. Now, they’ve morphed into education’s resident experts who…
Each Year Shapes a Teacher’s Future
“Just as trees add rings of growth each year, good teachers wax in their craft right ‘til the end. “ Colleen Kelly Mellor
What’s Your Teaching Flavor?
Teaching Styles The picture? Yep..it’s of the iconic apple that folks always associate with teachers. So, my question to you: As teacher, are you of the red “Delicious” variety or the slightly-tart, green, of the “Granny Smith” family? I choose to think I was the latter, since I often laced my teaching style with…
Expect There’ll Be Reaction….But I Never Know From Where…
I’ve always pretty much gotten notice, for either being one of the tallest women in the room (at 5’9”)….having former “kids” recognize me in super markets or at the Mall, and now, from folks who read my Op-Ed’s in the newspaper. All have brought forth interesting reactions. When some of my former students comment “You…
