April Coker, Author

Tag: school

  • Teacher Tuesday (on Wednesday!): Incentive to Teach?

      It seems the powers that be just can’t stop making the teaching profession more and more attractive to would-be teachers.  First, they gave us longer school days and longer school years.  Then they began teacher testing.  Soon after followed high stakes student testing, the results of which can threaten a teaching career, and certainly…

  • TEACHER TUESDAY: Spring Break!

        ‘Nough said!  Spring break is the vacation probably the most anticipated by teachers.  Some may disagree, saying Christmas break, or as it is has been renamed for the sake of political correctness–Winter Break–is their favorite, but I stand by Spring Break.  It may be a few days shorter but there is no pressure…

  • FOLK Magazine 2013 Journal Challenge: The Meaning of Time

    Today’s journal prompt from Folk Magazine challenges us to reflect on the meaning of time by thinking about these questions:  What do you spend your time doing?  Is there something you wish you had more time to do?   Those are loaded questions, aren’t they?  Time is something we seem to take for granted until…

  • Teacher Tuesday (on Wednesday): Why are teachers tired?

    Yes, I know it’s Wednesday, but yesterday I wrote about American ingenuity as a part of FOLK Magazine’s 2013 Journal Challenge, so I’m a day behind.  I could have gone ahead and written about wedded life as I am supposed to on Wednesday, but what is a blog if it isn’t done according to the…

  • TEACHER TUESDAY: That question!

    I almost titled this post “That favorite question,” but I was afraid the sarcasm might be lost in the translation, so to speak.  I loved teaching but there was one question that got my hackles up, rubbed me the wrong way, set my teeth on edge, and fried my banana peel.  I bet it is…