April Coker, Author

Tag: school

  • TEACHER TUESDAY: I dream of teaching. . .

    Throughout my teaching career, whenever I got a break from school during extended holidays or over the summer, I would start dreaming about school.  But they weren’t just dreams; they were more like mild nightmares! I would dream recurring scenarios such as starting the first day of school in a classroom where every desk was…

  • TEACHER TUESDAY: When all else fails. . .

    . . .what does today’s teacher do when the technology tanks?  When the Powerpoints, laptops, Mobi slates, and Smartboards go down and you are left with thirty expectant faces looking to you for the alternative plan? Do you have one?This is one area where a little experience is definitely a plus.  When the younger teachers…

  • AT HOME MONDAY: Reflections on failure. . .

    . . .and the 2013 FOLK Journal/Blog Challenge number 3! At what point in your life have you experienced a successful failure? What are some things you have done but previously thought you could never do?   From the time I was ten years old and began writing stories in spiral notebooks, I thought I…

  • Dear 2012 Me:

    I almost started with “you don’t know me, but. . .,” but you DO know me!  I am you but the year is now 2013.  What should I tell you now that I have survived the year you are about to begin?First I would tell you to stop fretting.  Stop thinking about what is going…

  • TEACHER TUESDAY: Sometimes they become famous. . .

    I am proud to say that many, if not most, of my students have grown into successful adults with good jobs and nice families.  I love seeing them on Facebook showing off pictures of their own children (whom I call my grand-students) and sounding like responsible adults. After all, isn’t every teacher and parent’s goal…