What happens after high school?      Last month, my son started high school.  Like many parents, we are faced with the impending thoughts of "what next?"  Most parents are thinking ab...

Thanks for all your comments yesterday. I conferenced with Jonathan's math teacher yesterday. Since you've been a part of this journey with us the last couple of months, I'd like to share the results of the meeting. But...

By now it is well established that highschoolboy is having a difficult academic year in chemistry. Lucky for him he has some very understanding and helpful teachers. In fact the chemistry teacher had offered to co...

I generally get stuck with a reputation, based solely on the fact that I am openly intelligent and bring home decent report cards. I get labeled as the good student who always does her homework and attends every class. I...

This story about a first-grade teacher cutting off a student's braid shocked me, but not as much as the "punishment"! A FINE?! This teacher not only embarrassed this poor child but that's psychologically scarring. I...

I hate tests. End of story. They aren't useful at all! I usually know a lot on tests, I just get really nervous on tests and forget anything. I don't think that resembles what I learned in the class. I mean who likes ...

Due to a birth defect that left him unable to speak clearly, and to a series of surgeries he had to endure my son struggled his whole life with school. He had been told over and over that he was incapable of learni...

  I found Ursula in the kitchen this morning. She was cursing and mumbling to herself, hunched over a large stack of bills on the table.  "Morning," I said gently, getting out the coffee grinder. "Mmph." S...

This was in my local newspaper a couple days ago: LINKLong story short, a student at one of the local high schools painted a mural that resembled the flag-raising at Iwo-Jima. The major difference here being that instead of solidiers raising a flag...

The Linguistics for Teachers classroom is cold and quiet. I have to keep wiggling my toes to keep them warm. I slouch in my computer chair and grind my teeth impatiently, wanting the rest of the presentations to be over ...