So I'm definitely an "old", but some things are the same as ever. I've just spent a half a week with some very nice kids/young people. They're mostly 16 to 17, and mostly really decent people. I just wish I could do something about the divide between us. For one thing, not all cultures make... Continue Reading →
Hide and Seek
In the school where I teach, there are classes for the equivalent of junior's in high school where they get to choose a sports option. We offer a dozen or so choices, and one of them is "Playground games." It's just for fun, and the older kids enjoy playing like they did when they were... Continue Reading →
Let Them Eat Vegetables
Some of my students, the group that's been making me so depressed this year, wish to stay together in their (our) group at the end of the school year. They feel good together, or some of them do. I think the majority of them have started being nice to each other, and I don't know... Continue Reading →
Conundrum
I'm back teaching at school and I woke up in the middle of the night trying to resolve a problem with a group of students. They are 'my' students, my group that I'm supposed to follow for the next four years. I doubt that any of them, or my colleagues, will read this, but I... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 