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There is a knack to teaching middle and high school students that some teachers never quite learn. I’m not sure it can be learned; it might be an art, a talent one must have at birth. For want of knowledge … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2006
Internet: Who are you? Are we enemies? Why am I getting all these emails? Where is our common sense?Mamacita: Let me ‘splain. [pause] No, there is too much. Let me sum up. A few homeschoolers interpreted a post as an … Continue reading
Sometimes, I watch Disney movies all by myself in the kitchen. This used to embarrass me but now I really don’t care who knows. I’m an old woman and I love to cry over Disney fantasy flicks. “The … Continue reading
This is probably what I sound like to some of my students. Maybe I could just use this test next Tuesday night, for our final exam. I hope my students are reading Chapter 18 and studying all those examples of … Continue reading
Lucy Maud Montgomery’s “Rilla of Ingleside” takes place during World War I. I learned more about that war by reading this book than I ever learned in school.. Those of you who loved “Anne of Green Gables” do know that … Continue reading
I think I know why I’ve been so prickly and argumentative lately. Okay, more so than usual. I’m having a baby tantrum inside my head. I’m having a fit. I’m sitting in the corner snivelling and sucking my … Continue reading