The Classroom

Awards, grad, farewells, and celebrations. Every year these topics seem to come up for discussion in every staff room. Who should get what, what should the event look like, when can we find the time, where should it be held, why do we even bother, and how are we going to make it all work???

While not getting into the whole “should we or should we not give out awards” debate – I’d like to just give my two (or three) cents on the whole “grad” phenomena. Read the rest of this entry »

It happens to all of us… some how, some where, despite all your best efforts you feel like you let your students down.  Perhaps they don’t do well on a standardized test.  Maybe its the in ability for them to grasp a concept that you’ve spent months on.  Inevitably it’s going to happen.  One or more of our students are going to fall, despite our best efforts – and what will you do then? Read the rest of this entry »

I was just surfing the net, avoiding my real work when I came upon the strangest video… a beat boxing flautist.

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