My condolences to you. Losing a parent is never easy. My father died about a month ago at age 76. He died unexpectedly in an accident with some...
My rule this year was that I don't care if they quickly check there phones during momentary down times, like at the beginning of class when I'm...
Are you certified to teach in a public school? If so, it shouldn't be different than applying for any other teaching job. If you are not...
We are in a bind, so I thought I'd throw this out here. We have a long term Spanish sub position at my high school for a maternity leave. The job...
If we are talking material things, then this has given me a lot of pleasure: [IMG]
In between my first teaching job and my current one, both public, I taught at a Catholic girls' high school for six years. I am not a particularly...
I'm a guy, so my bag is not particularly cute or feminine. I use an Aerostich bag designed for motorcycle couriers. I've used it for at least ten...
I accept FB requests from my former high school students only after they have graduated.
Although I don't personally go for it, some teachers I know of swear by game-based learning, where the lessons are done in the context of an RPG...
New parents can be really over the top for awhile.
Sent you a pm.
I have to be on an interview panel next week. I'm hoping that there will be no stories for this thread as a result!
So would I, but the parents of kids in the class were divided on the issue of termination (they were unanimous about the inappropriateness of the...
There were no misdeeds in the past; he had a 19 year record of exemplary teaching and other professional activities. A student chose the poem....
I can also recall a few standout bad ones from being on interview committees rather than being the candidate. One time we were interviewing for a...
I spend very little summer time on teaching stuff. I need a break, and I need to devote attention to other things. I have no built about this. Of...
One of my first ever interviews about 15 years ago, the dean of some private school, a Wilfred Brimley-looking fellow, kept dropping F bombs and...
Rest areas are often hotbeds of criminal activity. I would not try to spend the night at one. Truckers are locked up securely in the sleeper cabs...
I take solo road/camping trips by motorcycle in the summers, and have done so for almost 20 years. I camp exclusively on these rides. I have never...
She and I found ourselves as office mates in grad school about 18 years ago. Doctoral program in Classical Studies. She was 24 and I was 26. I...
