I have finally, officially, left the classroom. Applying for a job outside the classroom really taught me a lot about how people view schoolteachers, and it wasn’t pretty. But I did find a job, still in education, but not trapped in a classroom with too many students whose needs a normal human cannot successfully address.
I [...]
Entries from August 2009
August 23, 2009
On Lunch
August 8, 2009
Could you have passed the 8th grade in 1895?
(I received this in an email this week. I’ve seen it before, and maybe you have too, but I found it worth posting. It’s sad to see how far… back… we’ve come since 1895.)
COULD YOU HAVE PASSED
THE 8TH GRADE IN 1895?
I remember when my grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had [...]