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Why Today DOES Matter

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So. It’s Monday. Hmph. I have loads of stuff I SHOULD be doing today (especially since, because my students are end-of-level testing this week, I have some extra time), but I’m finding it difficult to make myself work (aka, grade my students’ book projects and start prepping for my departure from the teaching profession by …

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The Worst Times Make for the Best Stories

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 Giving Raven a bath after a particularly gross blowout (which, coincidentally, is always more funny after the fact than during) I was thinking the other day about how I hardly ever blog about teaching anymore. I also was thinking that when people ask me lately about how my job is going, I don’t have much to say …