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One of my kids is a father. Jarell is 18, and has a one year old son. Jarell’s also a DCF kid. He lives in a group home and gets money from DCF. They will help him out until he’s 21…as long as he stays in school and lives up to his end of the deal: no trouble with the law, get passing grades in school, go to school, etc. etc. At first, these ...

My college roommate took an education course for which the professor had one main objective: that each student in her class would not pass until they had made a yarnball. She hailed the yarnball as the single most important tool a teacher could have. My roommate, who was not very crafty and even less coordinated, claimed the professor was ...

Everyone who’s ever watched Seinfeld knows what a close-talker is. I, personally, have about a three-foot personal space bubble. When someone I don’t know that well bursts my bubble, it’s uncomfortable. Not only does it make me uncomfortable but it puts me in the awkward situation of trying to back up without insulting the person. Sometimes, ...

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If I had to define myself using only 3 adjectives, I would choose these: Creative Headstrong Resourceful Given the economic situation at my school, I found myself having to be resourceful a lot. While I think this may be a common trait amongst teachers, I was wondering how resourceful I really was in comparison to everyone ...

I wrote this lesson with a friend of mine when we were going to school to get our certifications. While we were learning about the lesson plan writing process, a lot of time was spent discussing the “Initiation” of a lesson, or rather, what were you as a teacher going to do to get your students interested in learning for the period? What was ...

My husband is an idea man. He is absolutely amazing at coming up with ideas. You give him a topic, he’s got an idea for it. The only problem is, he doesn’t want to carry it out. “Sounds like a lot of work,” he’ll say. So this is how our marriage goes: “Dearest husband, we haven’t seen our friends in a while. What can we do about ...

Jon hated making mistakes. When it came to something that was going to bear his signature, it had to be perfect. He had the most beautiful handwriting I’ve ever seen. It was like the calligraphy on a sophisticated invitation, sent only to the upper echelons for a gala at the Waldorf-Astoria. Even so, I’d seen him rip up his paper repeatedly – ...

“I can’t draw.” “Of course you can, everybody can draw.” “No, I really can’t. I don’t even know how to draw a star.” “Oh, you’re being sill…wait, what? You don’t know how to draw a star?” “No.” “You mean the kind of star without the lines in the middle? Because they are a little tricky.” “No, I mean a star. With the lines.” This is me, ...

It’s been week’s since my last blog. I took an unplanned hiatus from technology, but I’m getting back to my usual web snooping (I mean surfing) self. Here’s my pick of the day! KBUMREADING – READING IS THINKING I’ve utilized this site for a few years… great resources! http://kbumreading.com/index.html