This year, I didn’t choose a word for the year like I have in the past. Looking back, I’m having trouble finding one word to describe the year. In some ways, it was hard. In other ways, it was great. There were moments when I felt successful and confident, and moments when I felt lost and …
Donald Trump’s picks for his cabinet are quite alarming, and I find myself bouncing between disbelief and fear. First and foremost, he has chosen Betsy DeVos as his Education Secretary. Ms. DeVos never attended public school and her children did not attend public school. She is not an educator, and her only ties to education …
Because I have dedicated my life to “the others” of America. The immigrants and refugees. The Muslims and the Coptic Christians. The students who arrive to school on Day 1 with no English and are terrified. As an ESL teacher, I have spent day after day and year after year with a group of people …
What I was into this month: MOVING. Sometimes I wonder if hell is just packing, loading trucks, and moving 24/7. Our closing date was moved twice, and after we’d called all the electric companies, utility companies, cable companies, insurance companies, and Uhaul twice, we weren’t going to call them again for the third closing date. …
All the EXPERTS ON EVERYTHING say you should set short and long term goals for yourself. You should have plans for your life, and a map for making those plans a reality. I don’t think these suggestions are bad. In fact, I like to plan ahead on most things. But right now, I don’t have …
