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“Teach”

Back when I was in school, we had an expression that sort of rolled all together into one word, the expressions “I told you so,” “Ha ha,” (as in Nelson Muntz), “what goes around comes around,” and teaching someone a lesson (in the street sense, not the school sense). We called it, Teach!
“Man, that was [...]

Sheep

Another first day of school. It’s actually kind of fun (except for the getting up @ 5 am part). The seventh graders are all in their seats well before the passing period is over, and they’re still so eager, and not…well…eighth graders. The eighth graders I flunked last year (sad to say that number has [...]

“Rock Star”

Well, here we go again. Tomorrow’s a teacher “work” day — I hope it’s more work time than meeting time– and then the kids start Thursday. What am I going to do with a 2-day “week”? How are we going to establish a groove in 2 days?
I know, I know. I should be happy for [...]

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