Sequel Protection Service: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (The Millennium) series
So many times in my life, I’ve wished that I had avoided one or more of the sequels to a book or movie. Spoiling the beauty of an original story…
A student wrote something that made me cry while reading it aloud. And thanks to the rules of my “Make your teacher cry” contest, my tears were caught on video.
For the past five years, I have offered a challenge to my fifth grade students: Write something that makes me cry. The contest was born from Sharon Creech’s Love That…
Outdoors at last!
The snowpack is finally low enough to not swallow up our children, and temperatures have finally risen enough to not risk frostbite and hypothermia in our little ones. It’s been…
23 jobs I seriously considered at one point in my life (and still do with a few exceptions)
Firefighter Attorney Clown Postal carrier Professional arm wrestler Bartender High school English teacher Standup comedian Minister Historian Waiter President of the United States Librarian Sociologist Sportswriter Therapist Behavioral economist Bookstore…
Why do I blog? Because it’s nearly led to national television, and it still might. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
I’ve been blogging for over ten years now. Every single day for more than a decade, I have sat down and written something for a blog. Before this blog, there…
12 Things Teachers Wish They Could Say to Parents
Parent-teacher conferences begin for me this week. I will sit down with parents and students and discuss academic progress, effort, behavior, and the students’ prospective futures in middle school and…
50 Healthiest Foods of All Time: A large percentage are a mystery to me.
TIME lists the “50 Healthiest Foods of All Time.” I have never eaten 14 of them. I don’t actually know what nine of them are, but then again, do you…
19 things I heart right now
Better Call Saul (television show)Listening to my kindergarten daughter read to meOvercast (podcasting app) Chipotle burritosThe Memory Palace (podcast)1776 by David McCullough Tickling my childrenThe Lyle Lovett Pandora stationMy wife…
A replica guillotine in the middle of a children’s museum?
The local children’s museum, Kid City, recently opened a new medieval room. It’s a fantastic exhibit that includes castle walls, towers, a crossbow range, a tavern, a brick factory, and…
