A while back I wrote about the great Parking Wars of 2008 and how our current union representative was as helpful and well, representative of us as a pile of poo. Yea, I said it. If you haven’t yet read those posts, shame...
Read MoreTonight was the night! Parent-Teacher Conferences. Everyone wants to put their best foot forward. For teachers, that usually means pulling out the "conference clothes", shoving piles of papers into available closets and sprucing up the 'ol bulletin boards. Yes, friends, we put...
Read MoreTo all of you who have been missing me - thanks for the emails and kind words. Sorry it took me so long to get something up, but I had to scrape myself off the bottom of the administration's shoe...
Read MoreA little Paula Abdul? Anyone?? "Opposites Attract"? No? Oh well...
Read MorePerhaps we look stupid, but you wouldn't believe the crap parents throw at teachers sometimes. I mean, we spend eight hours a day with your kid...
Read MoreI spent last weekend with my very best friends, one of whom kept talking about finding Zen places...
Read MoreIt has been a rough start to the school year. Just rough. As I've said before...
Read MoreSometimes it feels as if the forces in the universe are alligning to make this job as difficult as possible, just to see if I have the balls to stick with it. Other times, it feels as if teachers (as people) are the absolute...
Read MoreRumor has it that we are going to be getting new seat sacks emblazoned with the school's name and mascot. However, we will NOT be receiving any paper what-so-ever. (For those of you fabulous readers who are not teachers, it has been brought...
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