April Coker, Author

Tag: teacher

  • 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…

  • TEACHER TUESDAY: Dear Boy at the Flea Market

    You were carrying a bulldog puppy as we walked past you.  Memories of my own ill-fated bulldog relationship flooded my soul as I blurted out:  “Aw, a bulldog!  Can I see?” You brought me abruptly to earth with a stinging retort.  “You got eyes, don’tcha?”   “Excuse me?”  My teacher self came out.  I turned…

  • 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…

  • TEACHER TUESDAY: TST

    This short week before Thanksgiving holidays can be a nightmare for unsuspecting or unprepared schoolteachers.  I know.  I was one.  No matter how well I had prepared my lessons or how good my intentions were, it was all for naught until I realized one fact.   Whether I liked it or not, agreed with it…