Laws of Gravity

When I took over the journalism class (because the teacher was retiring), I was told that hopefully the counselor wouldn't add any st...

Apparently I've never written about Earvin before. Funny. He's been a thorn in my side for a while. I guess he's not done any...

I got called into the assistant principal's office. Twice. In one day. It was week two of the two week assignment at the continuati...

I'm covering an English class at the continuation high school for two weeks. Their teacher retired. So, that means I have to make sur...

The weather in southern California last week was pretty nice. We had chilly nights (down into the high 40s/lower 50s) and warm days (uppe...

I'm covering two weeks of 12th grade English at the continuation high school. The teacher retired. Third period is the journalism c...

English. Continuation high school. They were still working on The Crucible . Or, at least they were supposed to. There were only three...

It was Friday in the 12th grade English class at the continuation high school. Since most of the kiddos who end up at this school aren...

Continuation high school journalism class. (Yes, they have a school newspaper.) It's the end of the year, so the class only had four ...

It was Monday morning. I had gotten this particular assignment more than a week ago. She's a teacher I've subbed for many, many t...

It was Tuesday at the continuation high school, and the place was nearly empty. Lines for food during snack and lunch were nearly nonexis...

"Could you turn on the heat?" Yes, it's August. This is not some sort of repost from the winter. And those were the first...

12 grade English. 1st period. The bell rang. Students milled around retrieving their materials. While the room was in transition, I calle...

12th grade English. 2nd period. They had a vocabulary assignment based on The Crucible . The main point of my instructions had to do with...