Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
Everyday I get a 40 minute prep period, and Mrs. B. takes over my class. My students work on enhancing their writing skills with her. At Thanksgiving time she asked my students to write about a person they were thankful for, and to explain why. The paper below was written [...]
Her name was Catherine, but they called her Cat, which suited her personality well. She was the brand new Assistant Principal’s spunky five year-old daughter. It was only the second week of school and I’d already heard enough about her to wonder why her father’s hair wasn’t gray — and [...]
I leave you for the weekend with a choice of two entertainments: First, on, The Grownups Wanted Us Dead: When we were in Yakima, Caryl bought me a pair of HASH jeans. I was 17 years old and had never owned a pair of blue jeans, and even in my [...]
Jake is not in school today. And he was not in school for very long yesterday. He has been in rare form lately. On Wednesday I turned away for just a moment and when I turned back he was dancing on his chair with a kick me sign on his [...]
Thursday in the teacher’s lounge at lunch time — the place full of talking, working copy machines, humming microwaves and assorted dining noises — I casually mentioned to my lunch companion that I wasn’t going to the staff Christmas party. The room was suddenly silent. Everybody looked at me as [...]