The Reveal.
During March Madness, my sports aficionado husband was all over watching the college basketball games. I lost interest after my itty bitty alma matter from undergrad, University of Northern Colorado got knocked out in the first round and my grad school alma matter, UC Berkeley was nowhere to be seen. I did have a little […]
Dance with the Tiger.
Twice this week, I embarrassed myself by making an obscure reference to an obscure part in an obscure film to make a point. Has anyone else besides me and my husband seen Cedar Rapids, starring John C. Reilly and Ed Helms? No? Well then you would have looked at me with the same look these […]
Pink Slips.
Well people, March 15th, the deadline for possible layoffs in the schools has come and gone, and I did not get a letter that I am on the potential pink slip list. I can officially stop stalking my poor mailman. Its a bittersweet moment, because while now I don’t have to look for another job […]
I’ll Take Questions I am Not Prepared to Answer on the Spot for $800, Alex
I know how you all just love School Psychology Jeopardy, so here you go with the “So Unprepared For This Question” category: Scene: Recess Kindergarten kid #1: My daddy’s in jail! Kinder kid #2: My daddy used to be in jail. Kinder kid #3: My daddy said mommy went to Wal-Mart for a long time. […]
Modeling. So Hot Right Now.
I gotta get out of my Ides of March funk, so here’s a jaunty little post on modeling. My husband and I are the face of Lenscrafters. I realize this is very random and totally not related to school psychology or education, but I’m gonna make the case that it is. What is advertising all […]
Beware the Ides of March…
I wrote this post in my head at about 4am this Saturday morning, when I awoke with anxiety about next school year. The past few weeks, every teacher’s lounge and every staff meeting has been doom-and-gloom about the state of our school district’s education budget being slashed. Symbolically, every March 15th, in budget shortfall years, […]
Saliva. I Did Not See that Coming.
For those of you who aren’t aware, the National Association of School Psychologist’s conference is in San Francisco this week. Seeing as how it’s in my hometown this year, I couldn’t not go, right? I usually pick all conferences by venue. I missed last year’s NASP conference because it was someplace cold. No thanks. So […]
Guest Post! A Week in the Life of a School Psych Grad Student
One of the fun things about being a grown up school psychologist is that I get to interact with interns, prospective grad students, grad students in school psych, and newbies. I get emails from people all over the world inquiring what the profession is like, and what grad school is like. I have too much […]
The Politics of Mental Health
Per my Sunday morning ritual, hubby and I watch Meet the Press and This Week while sipping coffee and eating waffles. In some ways, it’s a relaxing ritual, in other ways it is the opposite of relaxing. Today was one of those not-so-relaxing days. The coverage is all about the tragedy in Tuscon and I […]
Be the Island
Over break, I took the word “break” very seriously and spent much of my time reading, watching movies, and relaxing. One day, I happened upon my HBO On-Demand section of my DVR and scrolled through the choices. There was “Orphan,” a horror movie about adopting a child who turns out to be evil or something. […]
