Enjoying Life from the Best Seats in the House
I got a letter in the mail on Saturday from my local representative. It was a nice letter, maybe a form letter – probably a form letter, but it recognized the plight and reward of being in the education profession and acknowledged the difficulties and joys of my job. It was nice to be “recognized”, … Read moreI Appreciate My Teachers
I love the last line of the first Iron Man movie- “I am Iron Man.” It has to be fun and empowering to make a statement like that- it’s like saying, “Dude, I’m a superhero.” How cool would it be to be a superhero? Which one would you pick? I have been a HUGE Spider-Man … Read moreI am Spider-Man.
So there I was… being mercilessly smashed against a steel fence by a half-ton beast who was in no mood to negotiate with a man in his mid-thirties wearing a Confederate colonel’s uniform. Or, as I like to think of it, just another average day in the life of a junior high history teacher. It … Read moreThe “Heat” of Battle
One never knows where one will find inspiration and, more importantly, where that inspiration might take you. One friend suggested I start a blog, and now I’m creating content instead of just consuming it. Another friend convinced me to step up my jogging habit, and now I’m doing the Mini-Marathon next week for the third … Read morePicturing the Future
If Benjamin Franklin was a scientist today, would he even make the cut to get into college? Let’s face facts, all of the experiments ol’ Benji conducted are now part of the basic curriculum for any third grade classroom. There aren’t a lot of things he did that an average adult couldn’t figure out. For … Read more7 Thoughts Too Big to Tweet and Too Small to Blog 2.8
My daughter is no idiot. This bodes well for me when she starts dating. This doesn’t bode well for me in the meantime because she asks a lot of good questions. Hard questions. However, sometimes she removes me entirely from the equation and makes statements, sometimes astute observations, about the world that she has determined … Read moreAll in the casting.
I have the honor and privilege of working with The Great American Milk Drive Campaign. Last week I was invited to the kickoff of the Great American Milk Drive at the City Harvest in New York City. It was an amazing experience. At the event, nutritionist Ellie Krieger and Jesse Tyler Ferguson (of ABC’s Mordern … Read more37 Million Americans can use your help.
As I’m getting my stuff together to attend today’s regional NCAA basketball tournament game in Indianapolis (courtesy of the fine folks at Dove Men+Care), my thoughts reflected upon the latest post of my blogging partner Creed Anthony. He wrote of his decision to put his coaching career on hiatus to spend more time with his … Read moreThe Only “Easy Decisions” Were Yesterday’s
It is odd to see daylight this time of year. Let me rephrase that, it is odd for the sun to still be shining when I get home this time of year. For the last 17 years, I have been a coach – a baseball coach, track coach, basketball coach, and even, over a decade … Read moreMy “Easy Decision”
So there I was… trying to comfort my three-year-old son when he said something that made me wish my daddy was there to comfort me. Especially since he’s a Korean War vet, and much more trained to deal with this type of situation than I was from my teacher education classes. This story starts, as … Read moreAn “Alarm”ing Situation