Clean Slate

Clean Slate

  Initial impressions can cloud our minds.  They can impact our decision making and how we think about certain topics or individuals.   Don't let previous impressions impact your present…
Make Your Day Meaningful

Make Your Day Meaningful

  What will you do today to make your day meaningful? What will you achieve? What will you accomplish? What will you change? Who will you help?   How will…
5 Terms or Phrases to Introduce to Students

5 Terms or Phrases to Introduce to Students

  Introduce these terms and phrases to students to help improve the culture and learning environment in your classroom.   Res Non Verba This latin phrase literally means “deeds, not…
Excuses

Excuses

  We, as educators, often make a lot of excuses.  We are creative and inventive in discovering reasons why we can't do something.  We waste a great deal of time…
To Be Great

To Be Great

  The reason that we admire the greats so much is that we have a hard time quantifying greatness.  We try to emulate the greats in order to be great…
Abracadabra

Abracadabra

  My son received a magic set as a gift several months ago. Just recently he has really gotten into performing some of the tricks. One of the tricks involves…
An Empty Can

An Empty Can

  This is a picture of the nearly empty garbage can in my office at the end of the day. There are just a few sticky notes with scribbles on…
Angry & Frustrated

Angry & Frustrated

  Having been in education for a number of years I've seen a great deal of frustration and anger.    Students get angry and frustrated.  Teachers get angry and frustrated. …
5 Ways to Simplify Your Life

5 Ways to Simplify Your Life

  Our lives are getting more and more complicated by the day. But it doesn't have to be that way. Try these strategies for simplifying your life. Use them not…