Everybody hurts. Sometimes. Teach for twenty years in public high schools and you become entrenched in the lives of young people. Thousands of them. Literally thousands. If you take the avocation of being a teacher seriously, then that investment in young people is not confined to the four walls of a classroom and not restricted … Continue reading “Everybody Hurts” – Prioritizing Mental Health In High Schools With Some R.E.M.
Month: August 2017
First Day Back to School, 2017 – Day 4,141– An Open Letter to Teachers
Tomorrow begins my 13th year at my current school, the Home of the Titans. Tomorrow begins my 20th year of teaching – three schools so far. Hope I stay at my current school the rest of my career. Tomorrow is my 4,141st day in high school as a student and teacher (non-workdays) That does not … Continue reading First Day Back to School, 2017 – Day 4,141– An Open Letter to Teachers
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It’s My Birthday; I’ll Lesson Plan If I Want To – Items of the Week for August 20-26.
Harvey and Houston Phoenix Rally GOT Sebastian Gorka Trump’s Science Envoy Solar Eclipse Joe Arpaio Mayweather and McGregor Transgender Troop Ban Kasich and Hickenlooper Taylor Swift $758.7 million
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Welcome Back to School 2017-2018 – Mark Johnson’s Empty Video Address
With a new school year starting in North Carolina, it usually is customary for leaders of school systems and individual schools to offer words of encouragement and support to teachers to help inaugurate classes. State Superintendent Mark Johnson offered his first “Welcome Back to School” video to teachers this past week, and while it seems … Continue reading Welcome Back to School 2017-2018 – Mark Johnson’s Empty Video Address
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“Neighborly, Noble, and Nice” – The TITANic Standard That is Jim Coghill
It does happen fairly often. Standing in a grocery store or other retail venue in the Triad area, someone will look at my garb, see that I am affiliated with West Forysth and comment that he/she went to West. Many ask if there are still certain teachers still at West or if I may have … Continue reading “Neighborly, Noble, and Nice” – The TITANic Standard That is Jim Coghill
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Concerning the Mental and Emotional Health of Public School Students
To say that our young people deserve the best education possible goes without saying, and with the North Carolina General Assembly’s glossy championing of “reforms” like charter schools and vouchers to promote “school choice,” it can be easy to overlook the reality that faces schools when they are underfunded. With all of the talk from … Continue reading Concerning the Mental and Emotional Health of Public School Students
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Too Many Books To Read, So Any Suggestions?
I simply gathered the books laying around the house that are not on bookshelves that I am either reading, just finished or am about to get to when God makes days longer and the hours pass more slowly. And I got this: I think that I find some sort of comfort in having a lot … Continue reading Too Many Books To Read, So Any Suggestions?
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Teachers, What We Do Cannot Really Be Measured
Public school teachers, You can’t really be measured. In fact, those who are measuring you do not have instruments complex enough to really gauge your effectiveness. If you are a public school teacher in North Carolina, you are always under a bit of a microscope when it comes to accountability. Everybody in the community has … Continue reading Teachers, What We Do Cannot Really Be Measured
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Dear Sen. Barefoot, Say It Isn’t So!
Dear Sen. Barefoot, News tonight that you will not seek reelection to the NC General Assembly in 2018 was rather surprising. Your meteoric rise in the leadership ranks of the state's GOP hierarchy seemed to be a sign of more to come. At a young age, you became the the co-chairman of the Senate Education … Continue reading Dear Sen. Barefoot, Say It Isn’t So!
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Items of the Week For August 13-19
For all of you former AP Lang students, these are your items of the week: Heather Heyer Steve Bannon Boston Barcelona Kissimmee Kennedy Center Awards Gala USS Indianapolis Dick Gregory and Jerry Lewis North Korea Your political cartoons of the week: And the ad of the week:
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