One of the ways that I have tricked myself into writing every day about my teaching experience is that I fancy myself a…
Hello Teacher! Day 17
The Boomtown Rats tell it like it is in “I Don’t Like Mondays” when Bob Geldof talks about a “silicon chip inside her head”, and…
My alarm is a pleasant new age ambient instrumental song called “Introspection”, and it is just enough to transition my mind from sleep to wakefulness. Sometimes I am awake before the alarm, but other times, like this morning, I tap the snooze option on my iPhone and close my eyes for a…
Hello Teacher Day 13
Welcome to the first day of the 2020–21 school year, that finds teachers and students in our own separate rooms rather than in a shared…
Hello Teacher Day 12
Today my youngest is officially a teenager, so he and the half dozen kids he has been in contact with consistently since the beginning of phase 1/reopening, got together for a birthday bike ride. Since we live in the city, there are many conveniences within a short distance, so he and his friends were…
Let me begin with a long sigh of relief and thank God it’s Friday! These days in front of the computer are long, and…
Hello Teacher! Day 9
My son started his sophomore year of high school today, and wow, that made the school day seem normal again. He woke up before noon for…
Hello Teacher! Day 8
I may regret what I am about to put down in words, but the truth must be stated. This is a journal about my life as a teacher during a…
Hello Teacher! Day 7
Writing down the days in the life of a teacher during COVID/coronavirus is my way of making sense of life experiences that were a…
Hello Teacher! Day 6
Believe it or not, I am coming to the realization that staying at home in my comfortable clothing, without makeup or a mask, may not be…