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When memories collide with reality, it's unsettling, and that's exactly what I witnessed recently when I drove along the Toccoa River in Blue Ridge, Georgia and saw the charred remains of a restaurant I used to visit with my parents. I remember how we Read More...
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Recently when I mentioned the golf courses I play frequently, several people responded with disdain, "Oh, that's a muni course!" as if respectable golfers should avoid such inferior municipal courses. I suspect most private courses would be prettier and Read More...
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Yesterday I had the opportunity to hike in Cloudland Canyon in north Georgia. It was a gorgeous day, and my Aunt Gloria and I hiked for hours and only saw two people on the trail. One of the many benefits of retirement is having the chance to escape to Read More...
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With big blue eyes and a shock of blond hair, he looked just like Dennis the Menace. In one of my favorite photos, Luke is four or five years old, shoeless, and dressed in a cute little yellow outfit. You can almost see the dichotomy between the faint Read More...
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For several years, Retha’s office was next to my classroom, and we popped in to talk to each other daily. In addition to being an organized and efficient secretary to an assistant principal, Retha served as school mother to hundreds of high school kids. Read More...
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After my golf lesson on Friday afternoon, I teed off at the first hole with every intention of utilizing the skills I had been practicing. By the third hole, however, I caught up with an extremely slow player about my own age. David told me that he had Read More...
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Today as I opened the mail, I discovered my first retirement paycheck and gulped. A few weeks ago when I reluctantly decided to retire, I pulled out the calculator and started figuring out whether or not I could survive financially during retirement. Read More...
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A few weeks ago, I explained in a post that I had decided to retire since so many younger teachers were losing their jobs. Although it was difficult to walk away from a job I loved and students I adored, I cleaned out my classroom a couple of weeks ago, Read More...
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Now that I'm retired and have so much extra time, I've decided to start playing tennis again. I played tennis many, many years and many, many, MANY pounds ago. When I was younger I played tennis daily and loved it, but it was one of the many hobbies I Read More...
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My seniors take the AP English Language and Composition test at 8:00 tomorrow morning. They are prepared and ready to go, but every year I worry myself sick as I sit alone in my classroom and wonder about how the kids will perform. Did tell them . . . Read More...
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I have been thinking of retiring for the last year or so, but I love teaching too much and planned to teach probably another two to three years. I have great kids and teach in a wonderful school. Unfortunately, however, because of the terrible economy, Read More...
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Today we returned from Spring Break. As an AP teacher, my interior clock is already ticking away: 22 class days until the AP English Language exam. Because my school operates on a block schedule, we are forced to teach an entire year’s curriculum to students Read More...
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When I tell people that I teach high school seniors, they often respond by rolling their eyes or by telling me that they could never teach seventeen and eighteen year olds. I always laugh and state, “There the easiest group to teach because they already Read More...
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A few weeks ago I wrote about an explosion of theft I experienced years ago in another school.
Watch Your Pocketbook
I thought of those terrible days when I walked into my classroom this morning. As I placed my satchel on my desk, I saw my pocketbook Read More...
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I strongly believe that good teachers are highly organized and well prepared for class, and maybe that’s why it is stressful to me when school leaders are disorganized. This week we have an adjusted schedule for Monday through Thursday so our juniors Read More...
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