One of the tasks I have outside the classroom is being part of the selection committee for the National Honors Society at our school. Once a year, I get to read over a number of applications from a select group of students and offer opinions on who best meets the standards of scholarship and service […]

I can’t decide if the first four days of class have gone by ridiculously quickly or ridiculously slowly. For several years now, I habitually X the days on the school calendar in my classroom, and I was a bit surprised to see only one open square left this week. The first week back after any […]