Every teacher, new teachers or veteran teachers like me, will have those moments when the class is just too loud. You want to make an announcement or you want to transition into a new activity or you just want to hear yourself think again, but you can’t, because the students are just talking too much. […]
With all the cuts to the budgets of different departments, teachers have been forced to come up with creative ways to raise funds for their projects or activities. Recently, I conducted a drive for my club at school. I run a club called the Philanthropy Society. In this club, I teach the students the importance […]
I’m glad you asked. I’m thankful for a lot of things. I’m thankful for my family and for a wife who allows me to spend so much time on the computer. I’m thankful for my iPad where I can write posts like this one while sitting on the couch. I’m thankful for WordPress that allows […]
One of the lessons I find a lot of new teachers learning the hard way is using sarcasm in the classroom. It’s real easy to get into an “burn” contest with students. They may answer a question or make a comment in a way that opens them up to a great joke. In the beginning […]
