Wrong Direction!!!!

I am so confused by so many things which we do today in public schools. The sad part is that many of the misguided things we do hurt the education, and emotional, growth of our students. The worst part of all of the misguided things we do is simply to avoid having parents calling administrationContinue reading “Wrong Direction!!!!”

The Issue We Choose to Fight

    Since my last post discussed the issue of school shootings I would like to comment on the nation wide student walkout which took place shortly after the Marjory Stoneman High School shooting.  In some ways I would also like to link this back to my “Simple Things” series.  The reason for this is myContinue reading “The Issue We Choose to Fight”

School Safety

     I never thought I would fear going to work as a public high school teacher.  Yet, there are days now when I consider taking a day off due to some event or tension that took place the day before at my school.  I cringe when my students jump just because someone knocked on theContinue reading “School Safety”