My son loves his mother and sister AND NO ONE ELSE.
Elysha Dicks and I took the kids to an evening program at their school last week. While making our way to the gym, we passed some of their work hanging…
Elysha Dicks and I took the kids to an evening program at their school last week. While making our way to the gym, we passed some of their work hanging…
Here's one of the beauties of being a teacher.Last night I had the opportunity to perform at the Cutler Majestic Theater in Boston as a part of The Moth's GrandSLAM…
I became a teacher in 1999. This was the same year as the Columbine shooting, so I've spent my entire career in the shadow of gun violence in America's schools. Every…
One of life's most important skills is writing a nasty, angry email, letting it sit for a minute, then deleting it and moving on.
I don’t look at the pilot when boarding a plane. I'm terrified of looking into the cockpit and seeing a pilot who looks like an idiot or resembles someone who…
There will come a day when our children or our children's children will read about the anti-vaxxer movement and say, "What was wrong with you morons?"I will say, "In the…
The shame, embarrassment, incompetence, and cruelty that Trump and his White House produces on a daily basis makes is hard to remember all of the horrors of the past year.…
This summer I took about 30 young ladies from Miss Porter's School to a Moth StorySLAM in Somerville, MA as part of a weeklong program on writing and storytelling. It was…
I loved this dedication by Joseph J. Rotman. While it may seem like he's throwing some shade at his family, I suspect not. 2017 was an exceptionally busy time for…
I'm admittedly hyper-focused on productivity. "How can I do more in less time?" has been a flashing beacon in my mind for a long, long time. As far back as I…