Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
To those who envy my patience: I earned mine the hard way. Get your own. To those who marvel at my ability to out think the kids: They’re only ten …. I have several years worth of experience on them (though not necessarily maturity, and that is the true secret [...]
Silent Sustained Reading is supposed to be silent, and everyone in the classroom, including the teacher, is supposed to be reading his or her book of choice. Patrick is struggling with the concept. Me: Patrick, please be quiet. Patrick: Yes, Miss. Me [several minutes later]: Patrick — please be quiet! [...]
In my classroom kids always have choices. For instance: they can stop taping their pencils or I can throw their fingers away. Every year the first time I offer these choices to a child some fool always asks, “How are you going to throw my fingers away?” I stop, focus [...]
More late nights at school. We are gearing up for our big money maker, the Autumn Fest. We have fall carnival type thing with mid-way games and lots of food. Last year I worked the fish pond and pulled in tons of bucks from my former students who could all [...]
There I was sitting at the red light minding my own business — mostly. I did look over at the SUV in the emergency lane. It was an Escalade. Stepping out of the driver’s side was one scruffy looking dude. A stylin’ brunette came around the front of the vehicle. [...]