My friend and I had plans for weeks to see a movie we were excited about in theaters. We agreed to meet at a theater about 40 minutes away from both of us to even the commute from our respective towns. This friend has been kind of flaky in the past, so I double checked with her that…
I teach middle school. A few of my favorites from the past year:
One day my coworker (a 50 something year old man) let two of our “naughty” students share a Google doc for their work. Instead of actually doing the work, the students decided to use their work time to paste in pictures…
I have been teaching middle school for 5 years. My biggest takeaway that has affected my teaching and life in general is that hurt people hurt people. 99% of the time the kid who refuses to work, disrupts the class, talks back, etc. is dealing with factors outside of school that are…
I live in Kewaskum, WI. A few months ago a man crashed a car (which we later found out was stolen) right outside my house. Instead of calling the authorities, the man spiraled into a homicidal rage. He started breaking into houses on my rural street. He ended up murdering two of my…
I used to teach at a Catholic school. I am a big Harry Potter fan, so I had a few posters up in my middle school classroom. I had a parent tell me that Harry Potter is demonic, and that she believed saying Harry Potter spells in real life summons demons. I refused to remove the Harry…
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