To get my kindergartners warmed up for gym class, I would arrange students in a circle and lead them through various stretches. Once, when I demonstrated how to do a bicycling move, my shirt slid up slightly revealing a tattoo on my lower back. I sat up to see 27 kindergartners all staring at me…
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Dabbling in Dress Code
Some folks are insulted by a dress code. Some folks couldn’t care less. I, for one, am not insulted by a reasonable dress code—the kind that protects me from seeing body parts that should only be viewed by a chosen few. I never taught for a principal or school district that enforced a formal…
It’s a Hat Day!
I suspect that the gravitational pull around my bed is stronger on Mondays, because when my alarm went off this morning, I physically couldn’t get out of the bed. I couldn’t do it. It was fluffy and comfy and the rain was pitter-pattering on the window. Plus I had been woken up twice last night…