Study Skill O’ the Week: Swatters!
“If it’s not fun, they won’t learn!” – 5th grade teacher, Inner City Elementary I overheard this teacher say this the other day, and I must say, her classroom does seem to be pretty fun. Whenever I go in there, the kids are smiling and on-task. Almost every day in her class is a total […]
Hug Your School Psychologist Today
If you can locate your school psychologist today, as s/he probably has several school from which s/he flits back and forth, do take a moment to recognize that it’s… NATIONAL SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST AWARENESS WEEK!!! *party blowers go off, a few balloons fall from ceiling* Just like last year, I totally spaced it out until today, […]
Sign of the Times: Obama in Education
As I walked to my school in the heart of the inner city the day after the election, I saw a sign that the day before, had GUNZ tagged on it, and it had been painted over to read OBAMA! Today, I saw a billboard that had previously been completely defaced with graffiti, covered over […]
I Believe You Have My Stapler.
You know that scene in Office Space in which Milton, the mumbling guy who has to move his desk all the time, has to move again, and all he has to hold on to is a red stapler? That stapler is HIS and it’s all he has. He has no dignity, but he’s got his […]
Obama Wuz Here
Every morning, I am greeted at my office by graffiti. I am blessed that the dead rat and ant party has moved elsewhere, but it’s always a little discouraging to be greeted with “F*** Haters!” every morning. I do not like haters, but it looks like I exclaim this every day on my wall for […]
The Worst Party Ever
I have written before about how when I do group counseling, I always make it about building positive traits rather than having students join the Anger Management Gang or the Oppositional Club. So instead of working on our ANGER or RULE FOLLOWING (fun!) we work on planning a group project together, and then when someone […]
No One Should Ever See Themselves in High Definition TV
Why? Why the extreme close-up of my 15 seconds of fame??? Here’s the clip of my take on the new study about some positive aspects of video games.
Welcome to Developmentally Inappropriate University!
In my other life, when I am not wrestling with issues in urban education, I also work in private practice at a number of private schools. As I’ve said before, every day is a compare/contrast essay in my head. Each day is a new chapter, with new “Wait, what???” moments. I thought I had heard […]
Writing Opportunity for Educators!
Hello fellow bloggers and blog-readers. I am so excited to share this writing opportunity with you all! I think that the one thing that has been the greatest part about blogging has been hearing what you all have to say about kids and education, and learning from each other. Also, our field can be somewhat […]
My Words Taste Yucky
Don’t you hate it when you have to eat your words? Today was one of those days. I had to take my own advice and I hated it. As usually happens, an administrator plopped a kid in my office and wanted me to see why he was fighting so much lately. He is a 7th […]
