Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!

An alum of mine posted a picture of drinks on my Facebook wall for Teacher Appreciation Week.  She told me I was awesome and said she’d buy me “tea,” but she suspected she’d put something else in the tea.  I wonder if she thought I needed it....

To Email or Not to Email… That is the Question

“I delete your emails,” said a friend.  “They’re too long.”  They were.  These days, I’m embarrassed.  My old emails would’ve been perfect–if I were writing a research paper or Ph.D thesis.  They’re way too long...

“I Want to Smash Their Phones”

“I want to smash their phones.” This is the number one complaint I hear about middle and high school students with phones.   It often gets directed to me. “I know you wanted students to have phones, but…” I’m a big fan of...