Before the end of the school year sneaks up on you and wallops you upside the back of the head, stop right now and think about some of the lessons you’ve learned this year. If you haven’t noted the people you want to thank, the compliments you’ve wanted to give, or the ideas you’ve had…
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Inducing Anxiety
You could probably wield even your most rudimentary Psychology 101 skills to write a 400-page case study of me when I tell you that the last six weeks of the school year filled me with dread and anxiety. A Teacher’s Plan Book stuffed full of notes, remarks, reminders, failures, and successes took center stage on…
Pitching the Holiday Pomp
I’m a fan of baseball. (For those of you who just rolled your eyes, please hang in there. This is not a post about baseball.) One of my favorite pitches is the knuckleball. Unlike the somewhat misnamed curveball, the knuckleball is surely a pitch that, at least for the batter, is supremely unpredictable. When I…