Whenever kids’ disciplinary infractions are focused in the dean of students’ cross hairs, it is not unusual for them to cry in desperation, “Why are you picking on me when everybody else is doing it?…
Malcolm GauldTrust the Process Defined
What exactly does it mean to “trust the process”?
Santa, Sex, Jimmy & Indira
My return to the classroom has triggered a fair amount of déjà vu. I’ll start talking about something and then, all of a sudden, these old teaching riffs start flooding into my head.
Saddle #4: Tunes in Exile
Of course, I had to inject some music into the mix. Sensing that my students might not be grasping the whole derivative concept, I casually mentioned the Grammy Awards the other night on TV and how Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” had walked off with a boatload of trophies.
Greenie – 18 Years After
At yesterday’s school meeting, we were asked to identify and describe (in one minute) an […]
Saddle #2: de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) was a French aristocrat who at age 25 was granted a […]
Parent as Friend #3
There is another common parental utterance that also often hits me as fingernails-on-a-chalkboard. The setting […]
Parent as Friend #2
In Too Much of a Good Thing: Raising Children of Character in an Indulgent Age […]
Parent as Friend
Entering my third decade as a high school teacher in the late 90s, I couldn’t […]