Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Education”
We’re in prep mode at our house. Summer’s flown by and now we’re prepping for school. There’s the usual busyness—a new haircut, an annual physical, clothes shopping, tennis lessons, calendar updates—and all that goes with the start of a new school year. While our educator son prepares for his second year of teaching, our teen daughter transitions to a new …
Many years ago, our then five-year-old son trudged into the kitchen, “I don’t wanna go back to school.” He dropped his Ninja Turtle backpack on the floor and crossed his tiny arms to emphasize the point. “Mrs. C doesn’t like questions and she doesn’t like teaching kids either.” Surely, he’d misjudged Mrs. C. The teacher we’d just met at Open …
As a child, I knew I was different. When I was about seven, my second grade teacher confirmed it. (“It” not being tangible in terms of a label per se, but more a stark realization than anything else.) Mrs. K spoke with deliberate, adult-like precision and put it into perspective for my little girl brain. Her words transcended my finite knowledge of a …
