Last week my school division made the decision to start the school year fully virtual, at least for the first 9 weeks. Similar decisions…
As many of us teachers anxiously await news of what school will look like in our buildings, we are simultaneously trying to figure out…
Let’s get real for a minute…teaching is hard, you guys. Between lesson planning, classroom management, communicating with parents, grading, attending professional development – the…
I was going for an early morning walk the other day, which is one of my strategies for staying sane right now. I usually…
I’ve been having trouble sleeping lately. I find myself awake at 3 a.m. with all manner of thoughts running through my head, from the…
My Burnout Stories Twice in my life I have experienced teacher burnout so intensely that I came to the conclusion I could not continue…
Hanging on the wall in my classroom is a poster featuring the following quote by writer Jhumpa Lahiri: “That’s the thing about books. They…
Many years ago when I first started teaching The Great Gatsby to my Honors American Literature class in Waukesha, Wisconsin, I quickly ran into…
Martin Luther King Jr. day falls on Monday, January 21st this year. I have lived in Charlottesville, Virginia for the last four years, and…