David
David began the school year having never played guitar nor any other instrument, and unable to read music. A high school senior, he had enrolled in my beginning guitar...
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Play, Fail, Play, Repeat
In my seven years in the compulsory education system I have felt the need to succeed and rise to perfection in the most unpredictable circumstances. My success, as...
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Privileged Expectations
A shift from “Curriculum Menu” to the “Classroom Office” As a high school teacher, things were a little different than I was used to in middle school. A couple of...
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Knowing the Why
It was my first department meeting at my new school in the school district neighboring where I had spent the last eleven years. I was being informed that, per...
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Not What I Imagined
The February before I began my first year teaching, I was asked to teach a series of lessons in Mrs. Smith’s seventh-grade classroom. The first lesson I...
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It Takes More Than One Victory
Blank stares. That was the collective response from my 4th period class when I first announced the upcoming school poetry slam. I wasn’t surprised. Most of...
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