What is success? How do we cultivate successful students? How do we model it as teachers? Is it possible to both succeed AND fail in the same endeavor? If so, is the overall effect one of success or failure? In my education classes at university, we generally defined educational success in two ways: a) meeting... Continue Reading →
Thursday: the almost-weekend day. Except today. No school on Friday means Thursday is Friday, and if Thursday is Friday, then everyone has "long weekend" on the brain. At 8:45 this morning, I walked into my first 5th-grade band class. What am I teaching today? Oh yeah, review a few exercises and Hot Cross Buns, then... Continue Reading →
Ladies and Gentlemen! Now entering the ring: In the blue corner - that terrible thief of time, the colossus that strikes trepidation into the hearts of teachers and students alike, it's First-Day-of-School! In the red corner - she held her ground in Round One, folks - she may be small, but she doesn't go down... Continue Reading →
A question for teachers and interested student-types. What do you do when, in a high school assembly, the principal of your school says this: "I'm well aware that prom is this Saturday. Tickets of course are still on sale. Now, I think I should take a moment to say something important here about prom night.... Continue Reading →
Of Wonders & Wanders 
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