April Coker, Author

Tag: teacher

  • TEACHER TUESDAY: Wedding on the brain. . .

    Right now all I can think of is my daughter’s upcoming wedding on Saturday.  I can’t imagine how I would be handling the preparations and pressure if I was still teaching.  I wonder if I would have been able to take this week off.  There are so many last minute details I can’t imagine how…

  • TEACHER TUESDAY: More tales from the darkside. . .

    Just kidding. . .not really the darkside.  That phrase just has a ring to it, although some days in the classroom or school were dark for a lot of my students at different times.  For a young, inexperienced schoolteacher who was about as confident as a tightrope walker without a net, there were dark times…

  • TEACHER TUESDAY: Trials of a young teacher. . .

    When I started my teaching career fresh out of college in 1982, I was 23 and totally ignorant of the challenges I would be facing for the next 30 years.  What first-year teacher isn’t?  And thank the good Lord we can’t see into the future.  If I had I might have run screaming the other…

  • TEACHER TUESDAY: Nitty Gritty Time

    As a teacher you have probably settled into a comfortable routine by this time of year.  You know the names of your students, or at least most of them–quite a feat if you have over 130 like I did last year.  You are now familiar with the unique personalities of each of your classes and…

  • TEACHER TUESDAY: Yo, Tony!

    It seems there may be at least one “civilian” out there who knows what it is like to teach public school.  Plenty of people–government officials, community members, parents, the President–think they know what schools and teachers need, but few have actually ventured into the classroom to see for themselves.     You gotta hand it…