I haven’t updated in a while, because I’ve hit this slump where I am doing the absolute minimum for class each day. I barely have the mental motivation to write blog entries. But this is my effort to start again – and also start working for my students again, because some things really need to…

When you were a student, you probably hardly ever thought of how your teacher felt when you failed your test. You only thought about how lousy you felt. If anything, you might have thought on occasion that your teacher was disappointed. Little did you know that your teacher probably cared more than you did about…

Today I told a student to “get his sh– together.”  Oops. And then I hastily apologized, explained that I can slip up just like he slips up – all the time – in class, and that the mature thing to do is say sorry and move on. Probably not the best way to get him…

Yesterday I got back from an overnight retreat with my entire school – staff, teachers, and all students. We drove an hour out of the city to a little summer retreat camp in Maryland – like a YMCA center, only smaller. Thursday was a complete day of activities: relay races, low ropes obstacle courses, cheer…