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  • His Name is Yella Dog

    Yella is a yellow lab—a homeless yellow dog who staked out a two-block area about a mile from my home. I didn’t know he was homeless until months later when I was able to strike up a conversation on the front lawn of one of his adopted caretakers. I met the yellow dog while walking…

  • Teaching as a Highly Qualified Teacher

    Teaching K-12 isn’t always about adding new concepts to the weekly instruction. Teach this concept on Monday, teach that concept on Tuesday, and on Wednesday, teach something new.   Teaching isn’t lecturing every day, either. You, student, listen while I talk (and talk), and we’ll get along fine. Sort of like college does, right? Half…

  • Middle School

    Last year, I took off a year from teaching to learn the ropes of copywriting. With that, I fully intended not to return to the profession. I was burned out. Had it. But then something unexpected happened. I was called by the middle school principal over the summer and asked if I’d take a Reading…