Before I left school on Tuesday, I looked at my classroom. Not to check and make sure the floor was clean, or to look for coats left behind, water bottles on the floor, or rows askew. Rather it was to glance at the line of sight from my door. I spent my last minutes in my room debating whether I…
Author: Michelle Pearson
Someone should learn the tricks of the trade. Why shouldn’t it be my son?
Yesterday my phone rang. When I looked at the number on caller ID, I cringed. As the school district number popped up, I knew that something was up with one of my sons. Hoping one of them was not hurt, I answered. After a pleasant greeting, and a simple introduction, a school counselor said, “I am calling to let you…
Senators, In Answer to Your Question, Rallying at the State Capitol Was a Good Use of My Time
I met with a few senators at the state Capitol this week who asked me if there were better things I could have been doing with my time on a Monday afternoon. My first thought was “sure, I would rather be with my students.” Then in a blink of an eye, I rethought that answer. Actually no, using my teacher…
No Thanks Mr. President. I Will Never Be an Expert With a Gun in School, Even With Your Offer
President Trump, I heard about your offer to allow teachers to carry guns in schools. You even offered us training to be an expert in the use of them, and we will get a bonus, too! That is a first for this teacher. After all, bonuses for experts in the educational field are few and far in-between. Let me consider…
Proposed tax reform falls short of Constitutional guarantees
I ended a lesson discussing the American Constitution with my head spinning a bit today. Leave it to middle school students to bring raw reality to life through poignant comments about their concerns and aspirations, which they believe are not being currently addressed by their government. Though my students bought in to the ideal that our government was designed by…