Deserving a better birthday
Happy birthday to my beautiful wife, Elysha. It wasn't exactly a spectacular birthday. I spent about eight hours in an Elk's Lodge watching Charlie compete in his very first speed-cubing…
Happy birthday to my beautiful wife, Elysha. It wasn't exactly a spectacular birthday. I spent about eight hours in an Elk's Lodge watching Charlie compete in his very first speed-cubing…
There's been a lot of talk around Hollywood about nepo babies. Nepo baby, short for nepotism baby, are the children of celebrities who have succeeded in careers similar to those…
A good rule of thumb: Whenever something is taken away from students - field trips, clubs, learning opportunities, athletic events, assemblies, technology, traditions, supplies, time for play, or anything else…
Someone fairly well-known said something remarkably complimentary about me sometime last month. It was one of the best things that could ever be said about me as a teacher or…
I am terrible at identifying types of things. It's probably my lack of attention to detail, but it's also ridiculous. I honestly can't identify so many specific types of things…
At the beginning of every year, I establish a list of goals (or New Year’s resolutions) for the coming calendar year. I post this list on my blog and social…
At the end of each month, and now at the end of the year, I report on the progress of my New Year's resolutions (or lack thereof). Overall, I completed…
On the eve of a new year, I am reminded of something a student once told me about celebrating New Year's Eve at home with his family: "Boy, was my…
Sometimes, the universe does you a solid. On Thursday evening, I took Charlie to his very first Celtics game at the Garden. The Celtics were playing the Pistons, which promised…
Over the years, my students have built me Lego scenes from Shakespearean stories that we read. Hamlet. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Romeo and Juliet. Most recently, a scene from Macbeth.…