After An Educator's Journey

Out of the classroom & into the universe

Once upon a time, I taught 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders. Now I’m retired and working on new ventures.

I taught second, third and fourth graders. Teaching was my passion and joy for 30 years. And it didn’t hurt that they called me “mom” sometimes.

Tag: politics

Connections

May 31, 2012

Today would have been my paternal grandmother’s 129th birthday; she was born in High Falls, New York on May 31, 1883. I do not know much about my grandmother; she died in 1927 when my father was just 9 years old. Yet I sometimes feel a connection. In addition to carrying my grandmother’s name, Elizabeth,…
Dear Mitt…

May 25, 2012

As a citizen of the fair Commonwealth of Massachusetts for quite a number of years – nearly 35 at this point – I feel uniquely qualified to respond to Mitt Romney’s latest education campaign speech. You see, as a public school teacher in a small urban Massachusetts school district, I wonder how Mitt can call…
Dear Ms. Rhee….

April 19, 2012

It could be that it’s the “vacation” head cold talking, but I don’t think so. I was working in my classroom this morning, when I opened up my school email account. And here, for the third time in the last couple of months, is – unedited – what I found: ________________________________________ From: Michelle Rhee, StudentsFirst…
Michelle Rhee and Students First

March 10, 2012

In the past week I’ve received two unsolicited email messages “signed” by Michelle Rhee on behalf of some group called “Students First”. You know Michelle Rhee of “Waiting for superman…”, former chancellor of the DC schools. Queen of soundbites. I’ll leave the blow-by-blow rebuttal of her craptastic plans for “improving” education (just send me $10…