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Fifth Grade Follies
It was in the fifth grade that I began writing stories. I don’t recall exactly what I wrote but I shared my work with friends, and at one time, my teacher. Any feedback they might have given me is not in my memory banks, so maybe it wasn’t that good? I don’t know. I do…
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Another 4th Grade Thing
I thought I had pretty much exhausted my memories of fourth grade but something came to mind the other day that I feel should be documented for my kids and grandkids if they care to read about it some day. It happened one day in my fourth grade P.E. class in the multipurpose room at…
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School on my mind
Today I dropped my beautiful grandson off at his elementary school for the first time ever. My heart swelled as he instructed me where to stop and let him out and as I watched him walk with the other children to the front doors of the school. His backpack secure on his back, wearing new…
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10 Things Your Child’s High School Teacher Wants You to Know
Kids are back in school, and so are teachers and administrators. As a retired teacher with 30 years of teaching under my belt, I thought I would share a few things. Today I am talking to parents of high schoolers. 1. I may have up to 180 students to keep up with.…
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Teacher Tuesday: Admitting you’re wrong
What? Wrong? Me? But I’m the teacher! Laughable, isn’t it? But sometimes we teachers are afraid to admit when we have made a mistake. After all, we are people, too, and people generally have a hard time admitting when they are wrong. But, and this is a biggie, it is even more important for a…
April Coker, Author 