Monthly Archives: October 2024

…the horror of education … is ALWAYS met by ordinary folks doing extraordinary things. It is Halloween Week. This is the 13th installment of this volume of the blog. These are two signs of mystic and dreadful portent. EEk! This … Continue reading →

If you have hired well, terrific. If you have not, oh boy. I watched the first three seasons of the shocking, smash hit Succession and hung in until it got to be just a bit much for me. It seems … Continue reading →

… the hard things typically involve disappointing others or letting others down. These are the hardest things for me. I liked to be liked. This may be my most defining characteristic. In my personal life and in my professional life, … Continue reading →

…the goal was simply to have fun… I have served on many, many committees in my 30 plus years in education, some compulsory (new teacher cohorts), some formal (task forces, department chair teams, focus groups), and some informal (collections of … Continue reading →

Cell phones. Students should be allowed to have them on their persons in school. This past spring, as I was sitting with faculty members for end of year conversations, I was asked, point blank, where I stood on cell phones … Continue reading →