Yo, before you open your mouth, open a book, huh?
People who work in schools moan and moan all the time about how “the kids don’t read” but you know what… the people who are moaning aren’t really reading either. At least they’re not, in large part,...
View ArticleLiving in a land where incarceration is a bigger need than schooling.
Turns out the jails in Los Angeles will not have to endure financial cuts. And to the average citizen, I am sure that brings a sigh of relief. But our schools of course, aren’t so lucky. To read this...
View ArticleYou mean Hot Cheetos Aren’t a Vegetable?
According to a new report by the Center for Disease Control, 9 out of every 10 teens are not eating enough of their recommended fruits and veggies. You mean Hot Cheetos aren’t a vegetable? Am I the...
View ArticleGive me kids any day of the week.
On Monday we had a department-wide staff meeting in my room and I felt the need to apologize to everyone. Why? Because the week prior I was feeling salty and frustrated and aggravated at having been...
View ArticleI am leaving Lynwood High School.
As you know, being a high school English teacher at Lynwood has been my life for years and years and years now. And truly, I love it. Which is why I am taking a leave of absence from my classroom. …...
View ArticleDo I get to blog about this?
Today’s blog asks, do I get to blog about this? If you clicked the link, you saw that a “well respected professor” in the department of human sexuality offered his students the chance to see… Darn, can...
View Article
