Yesterday, my daughter had the opportunity to watch our school’s orchestra assembly. She is in kindergarten, so her class sat just a few feet in front of the players. I knew she would like the show and based on things she has said in the past, I suspected she would (once again) declare her want to play [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 17, 2008
what do you do?
In January of 2007, a good friend called and told me that she was leaving teaching, that she got a better offer. After a polite amount of words of congratulations and encouragement, I had to ask “when are you leaving and who can you mention my name to?”
I had been out of the classroom for [...]
