when I look at a group of kids and realize, “Oh! They’re not third graders anymore. They’re fourth graders waiting to happen.” Or, “Yesterday I was looking at fifth graders. Now I’m looking at middle schoolers.” Really. It happens in a day. They just…turn, transform, evolve.
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Slice of Life Challenge Day 2: Once a Lovey, Always a Lovey
I’ve been teaching a while. Twenty-seven years, in fact. And when you’ve been teaching twenty-seven years, and you keep up with some of your former students, there’s something amazing that happens. You get to see them grow up. You get to see them step into their lives, into the world as adults and selves inContinue reading “Slice of Life Challenge Day 2: Once a Lovey, Always a Lovey”
Slice of Life Tuesday: On Power
Been thinking lately about power structures, and how they are often perceived as a zero-sum game. I’m not sure I’m convinced. So today, I let my Flair pens speak for themselves…
Slice of Life Tuesday: An Ode to the Sticky Note
Sticky notes have ALWAYS been one of my favorite tools. Still counting the ways…
Slice of Life Tuesday: A New Little Word
This post is part of the Weekly Slice of Life challenge from Two Writing Teachers. Check them out! I’ve been waiting for this. It’s the realization that my One Little Word, first set at gather and then at dissonance, has finally shifted. Dissonance is fine and healthy for a while. It helps me grow and push myselfContinue reading “Slice of Life Tuesday: A New Little Word”
Poetry Month Day 21: On Opportunity
They say, sometimes,that when God closes a doorHe opens a window (and yes I know gender is a construct) but what I really want to say is that sometimeswhen God closes a doorwhat’s really meant is for you to stay at home,look around this place and sayheyI kind of like this placemaybe I’ll spruce itContinue reading “Poetry Month Day 21: On Opportunity”
Slice of Life 2021 Day 12: Filling Buckets
Today marks Day 12 of the Slice of Life challenge. Join me as I work to write every day in March, If you’re feeling low, And you’re wondering whether the next big gust of wind is going to guide you to shore or strand you out at sea, And you’re wondering what, if anything, you can doContinue reading “Slice of Life 2021 Day 12: Filling Buckets”
Slice of Life 2021 Day 8: Why the Soapbox?
Today marks Day 8 of the Slice of Life challenge. Join me as I work to write every day in March – and beyond! My blog is called “Ed Soapbox” for a reason. Soapboxes. Ideas we feel SO STRONGLY, we just need a box to stand on and shout it out to the world. And friends, IContinue reading “Slice of Life 2021 Day 8: Why the Soapbox?”
A Teacher’s Guide to Inauguration in 36 Easy Steps
or, Reflections from the Evening of January 19, 2021: How to Manage to Stay Afloat for the Next Eighteen Hours and Hold up the Walls of the World While it Watches, Waits, Breathless Pull yourself away from noise. Pet your dog. If you don’t have a dog, pretend to have a dog. Drink something warm.Continue reading “A Teacher’s Guide to Inauguration in 36 Easy Steps”
Slice of Life Tuesday: Missing Dreams
Today for the weekly Slice of Life challenge I knew I had a poem to write, but wanted to experiment with language and form. I came to a modified version of a triversen, a William Carlos Williams-created form consisting of six tercets: 18 lines in 6 stanzas. I’m still tweaking and working and thinking, butContinue reading “Slice of Life Tuesday: Missing Dreams”
Soapbox: The Way I see Things 