Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
I thought I would celebrate this birthday, which O’Ceallaigh kicked off yesterday in a spirit of fun and follies, by telling you a particularly charming story of a birthday past — my 40th. The story doesn’t start all that charming. I received no birthday cards. No phone calls. No mention [...]
About an hour and a half after school started this morning, I checked my daily calendar. It’s routine. It’s always the same. Nothing ever —OMG — I was scheduled to attend a seminar as our school rep that afternoon, but I had forgotten to call for a sub. Crap. I [...]
The quarter three Honors Awards assembly was held today for every high-achieving kid in grades 3 — 5. So, the students from my classroom with perfect attendance filed up to the stage as I called out their names. They shook hands, collected their certificates of merit, and lined up for [...]
Some days I am certain I am the world’s best teacher. My students are turned on, tuned in and popping answers like popcorn. Then there are days like today. We were talking birthdays. I gave mine. One of my dear little darlings piped up, perplexed, “You mean you’re only 18 [...]
Rain has come to the desert. Finally. Believe it or not, when it rains in the desert, excitement reins. Desert dwellers locked in classrooms do not get anxious and antsy when the sun shines. That is not when they beg to go out and play. Desert dwellers love the rain. [...]