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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
April Coker, Author 