How Am I Doing This? Not On My Own…Forty-three years of life, and sometimes the devil still tries to convince me that I’m not good enough for the things that I desire in my…Mar 21Mar 21
I hope that we don’t do these things in 2024…As the time is quickly slipping by (six hours from now), I began thinking about my resolutions. My sole resolution for 2024 is to encourage…Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2023
What College Students and High School Students need to learn NOW!Use time management. People don’t move on your schedule, they move on theirs. Companies don’t have the time to wait for when you get ready…Oct 27, 2023Oct 27, 2023
Monopoly GO: Watch Out for Scams!Monopoly, a board game by Parker Brothers, is one of those things that Baby Boomers, Generation Y, and Millenials alike all remember…Sep 3, 2023Sep 3, 2023
Education needs realists!I’ve been told often in the past few months (but really all of my life) that I’m a cynical person, negative even. But I’m not negative at…Mar 11, 2023Mar 11, 2023
We Need to Rethink RigorI hate the word rigor. I probably don’t hate it as much as I do the word fidelity, but I wish that the word had never entered educational…Nov 27, 2022Nov 27, 2022
Just a Rant…Last night I didn’t open up either my home computer or my work computer. I went to see my son do his final band march-in as a high school…Oct 15, 2022Oct 15, 2022
You can pour from an empty cup, but nothing will come out.I had my gallbladder removed last Thursday. There were few complications, although they had to get my blood pressure down before I could…Jul 29, 2022Jul 29, 2022
S stands for Agricultural Science! Ha Ha.The first time that I saw a cow in real life was when I was about ten. I really didn’t see a cow then. It was a bull. I lived next to a…Jun 6, 2022Jun 6, 2022
Of Isolated Incidents…Twenty or so years ago, I went to high school in Hertford County, North Carolina. One day in April I woke up and went to school joyously…Jun 6, 2022Jun 6, 2022
School Board Election Time! Who are you voting for?In Northampton County, North Carolina, there’s a long road that carries you from Garysburg to Conway (if you decide to travel that way)…Apr 20, 2022Apr 20, 2022
Things that make me say hmm: School LunchPresentation of food is everything to me.Mar 26, 2022Mar 26, 2022
I am NOT the decisive element of anything!I wondered earlier if I should just admit that I know nothing and switch careers. I was thinking that maybe education isn’t my thing. Maybe…Mar 10, 2022Mar 10, 2022
Published inAge of AwarenessThings that Make Me Say Hmm: Charter SchoolsI used to love arguing with other folks on Facebook about the issues. Race, politics, current events, you name it. But tonight I had a…Mar 6, 2022Mar 6, 2022
Like a Hammer to a Nail, Such is Technology to Teaching(Before I begin my rant: Credit media (look above) when you publish things on the internet. Even with fair use, be considerate of others.)Feb 21, 2022Feb 21, 2022
How Can We Stop Bullying? A Personal PersIt’s no secret that I grew up poor. I knew I was poor, and back then it didn’t matter: everybody around me was poor. The only difference…Feb 21, 2022Feb 21, 2022
From the Block to the Classroom…Why I’m Invested in EducationDriving home today from work was different from every other day, but really the same. I drove home reflecting on my day. It wasn’t too bad…Feb 17, 2022Feb 17, 2022
Published inAge of AwarenessShe’s right…but it took twenty years?A multiple choice test over three hours during the last ten days of school. The conferences, the reprimands, the written referrals, the…Feb 14, 2022Feb 14, 2022
Published inAge of AwarenessWhy not promote both career and college for all?I was intrigued about a part in a recent article, with the superintendent for education saying something about a “careers for all”…Feb 14, 2022Feb 14, 2022
