“Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.” -Edgar Allan Poe
All-American Nightmare
It’s day three of 180 and we’re huddled in the floor. My students and I sit as close to my interior classroom wall as possible. Knees to our chins. Silent with 27 teenagers. You could hear a pin drop. Minutes before this moment, I’m prepping them: “We’re having an intruder drill at the beginning of…
This Wasn’t Planned
We didn’t plan this. There was no “Teaching During a Pandemic 301” in college. Our lesson plans weren’t structured for hybrid learning. “Turn on your camera for attendance, please.” “No wait – turn them off” – we respect your right to privacy. “Here’s how to change your background on Zoom so that we can’t see…
Nevertheless….
My alarm blared, startling me awake in the cold darkness of my bedroom. I drearily hit snooze and when I realized I couldn’t find my sleep again, grabbed my phone to scroll before my feet hit the floor. Through tired eyes I squinted at the illuminated screen and read the first headline on my feed:…
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A collection of sappy parenting stories & political rants, I like to run the gamut between heart warming & breaking. Plenty of opinions you’ll agree with & some you might even hate. It’s all the words you asked for + some you didn’t.
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