At the end of each quarter at school, kids fill out a course evaluation for each class. They get to honestly critique their teachers, and th...

I've been doing a lot of thinking lately, and all the thinking remains kind of jumbled up in my head. I've been thinking about time,...

If you're free on Thursdays at 7pm (and who isn't?!), I've got a show for you. It is so ridiculous that I can't believe no o...

I used to think that being a teacher was mostly about wearing wooden apple necklaces and writing on overhead transparencies. I don't kno...

It's been too long! Life after Ike has been crazy busy. Is it normal for a teacher to begin work at 5 am, get home after 7 pm, and cease...

This is for real, people! It is an HISD elementary school down the street from YES! Actually, I applied at this school and almost worked th...

I can let this blog go no further without declaring my undying love for Hobby Lobby. I've always been a crafts person. I was the kid who...

So I went up to school today and saw... the teacher's lounge, the main office, the auditorium, all our teachers' things, and the...

Most of our refugees have either returned to their homes when the power finally came back or traveled to another city to wait it out. We mis...