Free To Be You and Me (and Pee?)
A big part of my job is doing observations of kids in their learning environments. I find it shocking that there are psychologists who don’t visit the kid’s school when they are testing for learning disabilities, or any disability for that matter. To me, it seems like common sense that if you want to see […]
Finding the Proper Motivation
My dissertation was on adolescent motivation for school, and it has been read and enjoyed by ones of people. I was told when I graduated from UC Berkeley that every time someone downloaded my dissertation, I would get $1 in royalties. I have, to date, received $1.* Because I am feeling generous today, I will […]
Call the Fire Marshall, I Need a Nap
In the spirt of last year’s post Back to Work in the Public School, By the Numbers, I shall give an update one year later. And because I love data, I have calculated the percentage change over time. Nerd alert. Number of Icebreakers: 0 This number is down 7000%. How did I do it? How […]
It Aint Easy Being Green
Every year, I get to be a mentor to a new school psychologist in my district. I really enjoy doing it, but I have to fight the urge to give them a little notebook and say, “Write that down” after everything I say. Wouldn’t that be fun? I got to do it one time before […]
Can I Get a What What for My Internet Best Friend?
I have a secret Internet best friend. It may be a bit premature, but I have ordered the “Best Friends” heart necklace, in which one of us gets half of the heart saying “Be Fri” and the other gets the half that says “st ends.” No need to alert my husband of my inappropriate Internet […]
Must. Write. About. Kittens.
As promised, this post involves kittens. Okay, so it’s T-minus 2 days and counting until I return to work in the public school. I am one of those people who has always been in school, or been working in a school, so my new year always starts in August. I buy the August to August […]
If My Name is in the Email Subject Heading, I am Dead
I got my first email about returning to one of the school districts where I work as a school psychologist yesterday. Seriously, it’s August already? How did that happen? I am always mixed about going back to school. I will miss being a “lady who lunches” in the summer (though that’s a myth, I still […]
Judgy Jugerson Gets a Karmic Punch in the Face
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and commute with 8 hojillion people to work over the Bay Bridge. This allows me lots of “think time” and time to judge what bumper stickers people put on their cars.* In my recent survey of bumper car stickers, I would say that about 9 out of […]
The Bucket List
It is not often that I am at a loss for words. I know, you are surprised, right? But recently, I did an assessment with a 15-year-old boy who was in a special school for kids with emotional disabilities, and part of this assessment was to interview the parent. Now, I try my best not […]
Educators: Want to be published and fancy???
Hi Educators and fabulous blog-readers! A while back, I mentioned that I was editing a book called “The Teachable Moment” and sent out a call for stories. For a while, I even had a fancy Amazon link to the book from this blog. Then, the economy tanked and they put the book on hold. Boo. […]
