Tag: teaching

This Year’s Teacher Toolkit

September 15, 2020

My family loves toolkits. Toolkits for emotions, toolkits for sports, toolkits for marriage, toolkits for friendships, literal toolkits for plumbing. When one of us pulls

A little bit of a bonus for continual fear.

February 25, 2018

Back in 2001, Houston Independent School District gave me a $10,000 sign on bonus to teach history. History. The story of the past. An exploration

Simple Observations on Teaching

August 22, 2012

Today was the first day of school for my daughters (1st and 2nd grade). When I asked how their first day went my youngest, Kelly,