How many folks are employed by the IRS, in addition to all of the CPAs that make a living preparing taxes? It just won't happen. It's like...
Bush modeled NCLB after Texas' extensive standardized testing system. Last year, I lost no fewer than 25 instructional days with my students to...
I hate hockey. Here in DFW, though, there are a ton of kids' club teams (all the kids I've ever taught who play hockey are jerks, though.)
Prepared to get hammered, then, because they say it's coming our way by early tomorrow morning. In fact, getting hammered is probably a good...
I agree with everything that mctiger just said. In my 17 years teaching, I've seen the same thing. And as a parent, I'm involved every day...
It could be because yours, like mine, says "check card" on the top of it. I keep a couple of credit cards, but I don't use them very often. If...
Oops. I could've sworn it was SFA, but I don't usually differentiate between them. Apparently, he was very guilty, according to my source.
Some parents will have an attitude of "it's not that important," while still others will tell their kids how sucky school (and teachers) were for...
Bomar went to Stephen F. Austin after getting kicked out of OU. One of the teachers at my school was his 8th grade English teacher in Grand...
First of all, bless your wife for teaching in an inner-city environment. When rewards come in a setting like that, they are enormous, but it's...
I believe there is a heartbeat within several weeks, but it's been a while since I was pregnant and studying all of that. Some people like to...
I'm sure they felt the same way and said the same things. And many older folks are intimidated by technology, but at the same time, technology,...
You're not far off, however. The kids who are unmotivated (and, yes, most of the time, that comes from the attitudes they feed off of at home)...
He'll be a dead man even if she doesn't see that. What's with the deep fried candy bar and "everything" craze anyway? Carnival food should...
That's true, which is why I've tried to take them shopping with the kids from my school when we buy each Christmas for our "adopted family." My...
It is the parents' faults that children are spoiled, but it's human nature to gather more and more stuff. I try very hard not to over-spoil my...
I'm sort of pulling for an ice storm up here. It's been a few years since I've had ice piled up outside my door, so that I, literally, cannot get...
The parents that send their kids to these schools are often the BIGGEST problem the kids have in not being able to read or write. A teacher can...
I used to think the families that made $100,000 were rich. But I was wrong, because when we hit that mark some years back, the only big...
Just from reading this thread, I downloaded "Carry On Wayward Son" and "Dust in the Wind" last night.
