I had a lot of adventures with Tripper, my ’71 VW bus. There was the time that the gearshift fell over. Or the resulting transmission fix that left me holding the shifter in fourth gear while I drove. There was…
Paris. The City of Meh.
2013 was the summer of England and France. My husband, Brent, and I hit seven cities in three weeks, taking in a mix of city and country. This is part of a series of blog posts recounting our adventures over…
Calling Home
2013 was the summer of England and France. My husband, Brent, and I hit seven cities in three weeks, taking in a mix of city and country. This is part of a series of blog posts recounting our adventures over…
Simplifying this Potential Strike Business
As some of you may have heard, teachers are headed to the polls this week, taking yet another strike vote. And we’re not allowed to talk about why we’re doing it, what has pushed us to this point. The union…
Tales from the Trenches
Today, I presented my seminar at the BCTF New Teachers’ Conference. And I think it went…okay? “Tales from the Trenches: What you Don’t Learn in Teacher Education” was an account of my foibles and floundering in my first years of…