(10) David Allen | 6 months ago

What must have started off as a mere school prank, ended up with the entire sixth form being sent home, after teachers found that the common room had been completely cove...

(4) Vero | 5 months ago

As a member of the graduating class of 2008, I have something to say to you "real world"...what now? I just finished college with a B.S. in physics and if I have learned a...

(0) Crayon Marks | 4 months ago

The little boy wasn't getting good grades in school. One day he made the teacher quite surprised. He tapped her on the shoulder and said, "I don't want to scare you, but ...

(1) stocko | 4 months ago

A public bus was hijacked in Las Vegas, NV, on Tuesday morning, authorities claim, apparently by a naked man. The man, approximately 37 years old, fled from a local conniv...

(0) blackfamilylife | 4 months ago

School is almost set to start in 3 1/2 weeks. Wow! It seems that the summer weeks are passing so fast. As children, I think I enjoyed the summer days so much that it neve...

(0) angelofsoul | 4 months ago

Summer is drawing to an end, with most of us heading back to school in less than a month, what do we have to remember by our time spent being "free"? How about the times ...

(2) vbright | 4 months ago

My Friends, my Fellow Americans, my Fellow Parents; What a year it has been! My new Grandson arrived on Mother's Day, and he was dubbed "Jeffery Lee J**** III, quite a na...

(2) twistedteacher | 4 months ago

Being a teacher can and will totally suck rocks if you... 1. only do it for the summers off. 2. got into it for job security 3. don't like other people's children 4. thin...

(0) twistedteacher | 4 months ago

Just as every region, culture, or microcommunity has its colloquialisms- we know many professions do too. Here is a sampling and translation of some of the unofficial lan...

(2) twistedteacher | 4 months ago

Said the teacher without an advanced degree. Or maybe I'm just jealous. Let's see. As is customary at the first staff meeting of the school year, each teacher is asked to...

(0) twistedteacher | 4 months ago

The bandwagon is already full of people eager to tattle on teachers about every piece of unprofessional minutia they are guilty of. Youtube is plastered with "angry teach...

(0) twistedteacher | 4 months ago

The bandwagon is already full of people eager to tattle on teachers about every piece of unprofessional minutia they are guilty of. Youtube is plastered with "angry teach...

(1) Karen & Gerard | about 1 month ago

This is her second book about how she recovered from all the bullying she endured all through school and as an adult, went to talk at schools around the country to help o...

(2) twistedteacher | 4 months ago

My son and I go to the same school each day (when school is in session). He attends as a student, and I as a teacher. After a very (and I mean Very) stressful school year...

(1) NYCity Belle | 3 months ago

Just a few words about my life's journey so far: Being a quick study has always made academics easy for me. I was a National Merit Scholar, part of National Honor Society...

(2) mama bear | 4 months ago

According to my calculations, the summer has 18 days left. That's when school starts again, and I get a shot at a block of time to myself, at least a couple of days a wee...

(0) nathalie | 4 months ago

You know sometimes you go online and you just want to go to one website but end up following links and after two hours, you wonder what in the first place you were looking...

(3) mama bear | 12 days ago

Everyone uses January 1 to set goals; we call them resolutions. For me, Going-Back-to-School is much more of a beginning than the dead of winter, so I start feeling all h...

(0) Crayon Marks | 4 months ago

Don't Forget a "Homework Box" Here it is, August, countdown until the first day of school. Whether you have a kindergartner or a fifth grader, fact is all of them are goi...

(0) Moms @ Home | 3 months ago

Our main focus here will be the home and family. I am a Homeschooling mom of two teenaged sons, I work from home, and spend most of my time at home with my family. We are...

(2) Food Heathen Gazette | 3 months ago

Your Food Heathen is a 57 year old woman who has an iffy and uneducated palate. If my palate were in school it would be celebrating its 50th year in kindergarten. I can't...

(0) starskay | 3 months ago

Great NASCAR teams have not only, great drivers on the track, but also great pit crews waiting on pit road. You hear about the crew when a driver enters pit road for a ti...

(1) lilkaraokediva | 3 months ago

After spending a little over 6 months looking for work in my line of work, and failing to find a job I decided to enroll in school after many signs I hept getting lead me...

(1) lilkaraokediva | 23 days ago

So, here it is November and school is going swimmingly, although at times I feel like I'm drowning from the homework!!!! I do an internship in the morning before I go to ...

(4) mama bear | 12 days ago

Last Thursday I woke up at 5, too excited to sleep. It was our first day of school for the 08-09 school year, and I was ready to go! Er, get the kids ready, that is... ye...

(21) Kimberly Michalski | about 1 month ago

"One day, you'll know exactly how I feel. When you kiss your youngest child before he steps on the bus to enter his first day of school, you'll remember this day. Perhaps...

(0) Crayon Marks | about 1 month ago

We maneuvered down our street at a record minivan speed of 4 mph, yes, we were definitely NOT speeding. The posted speed limit is 5 mph and that exact number was not only...

(8) Crayon Marks | 2 months ago

You cannot bring home a half empty milk carton from the school cafeteria and expect good results. ...

(0) Crayon Marks | about 1 month ago

You can't bring home a half empty carton of milk from the school cafeteria and expect the results to turn out well. ...

(0) tnmomwith3kids | 2 months ago

You can go HERE and read all my older posts. I'll also be adding any newer ones there also. Just some stuff about my everyday life and homeschooling. ...

(1) Aspira | about 1 month ago

When I was a little girl, we lived in Okinawa, Japan for about 2 years. We were there while I was in the 2nd and 3rd grades. I enjoyed being there, it was a charming plac...

(0) Aspira | 2 months ago

In this big wide wonderful modern world, it can be very hard to grow up to be a good citizen of the world, what with everything from drugs, sex and various types of music...

(0) Lady Sunshine | 2 months ago

Another tastey tidbit from our education code! EC 35292 The governing board of any school district shall visit each school in its district at least once each term, and ex...

(3) mama bear | about 1 month ago

I am not a confrontational person by nature. However -- and this is a big however -- I will stand up for myself, my children, or what I think is right. Yesterday I got in...

(0) emilyr629 | about 1 month ago

My daughter, Mara, started Kindergarten this year and her teacher has her own unique way of teaching. She is young and this is only her second year at the school, but I h...

(0) emilyr629 | about 1 month ago

Spelling city is a cool site that helps kids learn thier spelling words. My daughter Morgan is in 2nd grade and her teacher uses it each week to make learning fun. Some t...

(17) April Duke | about 1 month ago

I am a homeschooler, and I am completely dedicated to it. Not only am I dedicated, but I truly love it, and that is what makes it possible to do this day in and day out. ...

(0) Vero | 21 days ago

So, I just started knitting early this year and I LOVE it! It is a great way to pass the time and incredibly easy to make useful things. Knitting involves three basic ste...

(2) singleparent | about 1 month ago

I have a dream that one day, my phone will ring while I'm busy at work, and it WON'T be the school secretary, nurse, counselor, principal, or counselor AND principal (the...

(2) mama bear | 12 days ago

I've been trying to tell jokes to the kindergarteners and first graders I get to supervise during lunch recess... A good deal of the kids don't get the joke, and even mor...

(5) The Embassy Wife | about 1 month ago

My children hate school. Not just "I don't wanna go because I want to stay home and watch TV," although there's certainly an element of that. More of "I hate school becau...

(6) mama bear | 12 days ago

My jokes for the kindergarteners and first graders have amassed me a cult following. Every day the kids see me coming to their table and they start chanting, "Joke! Joke!...

(5) The Embassy Wife | about 1 month ago

It's an open secret of anyone who's ever lived overseas for any length of time: you can just expect to be plunged into some variety of depression shortly after arriving a...

(3) dip | about 1 month ago

I've been asked to do an interview for a Dubai United Emirate media station next week. I am not going to lie...I'm scared. Not nervous, but scared. As a woman I tend to s...

(2) Grace Allen | about 1 month ago

For many parents, the decision to homeschool is a scary one. Should I or should I not homeschool? Professionals believe that parents are not qualified to educate their ch...

(3) dip | 29 days ago

Today was a great day and a change is a commin'. I first woke up...okay Simone woke me up because sometimes she sends me a wake up call because I tend to sleep late. I ge...

(0) dip | 28 days ago

Morgan holds her notebook aganist her chest as she walks through the new hallway. She makes sure to keep her eyes in front of her and not look at the strange faces around...

(4) mama bear | 26 days ago

Okay, so it's time for a little bragging, here. Check out the award Megan earned at school... for writing! (Big beaming smile here on the part of her proud mama...) The s...

(2) Grace Allen | 26 days ago

Education is a vital part of growing up. Many parents spend good money to make sure that their child(ren) get the very best education. My parents did, but in a different ...

(4) The Embassy Wife | 23 days ago

I thought I was doing well in Spanish; I really did. I mean, my grammar is atrocious; I will NEVER get the hang of 'ser' vs 'estar', and I toss "mucho" and "muy" around l...

(3) dip | 20 days ago

Today was a crazy first day as an intern for NY reality TV school. I went to the Bravo studio and there was a lot of people there. I was in the elevator with Billy Garcia...

(3) dip | 18 days ago

I'm going with my High School friend to my old High School to check out the school production SING! tonight. I'm excited. I was in SING! when I was in High School and am ...

(3) dip | 15 days ago

I don't know how people who travel from one event to the next do it. I don't know how I am going to be able to do it when I become a producer, filmmaker and director in t...

(10) mama bear | 12 days ago

I recently spoke to a fourth grade class about writing, talking about how all writers go through the same processes when they write (ideas, first drafts, revisions, etc.)...

(12) YeaYeaWendy | 16 days ago

I am slowly working myself to the end of a very frustrating semester. We have a little over 2 weeks left and finals will be here soon. I am taking an incomplete in my har...

(3) dip | 9 days ago

Tomorrow a German lifestyle magazine is going to do an interview on some of us for New York Reality TV school. It should be fun, the article comes out December 18. I will...

(3) dip | 3 days ago

Today we had fun shooting a photoshoot for a German magazine called Wienerin . The girls from the magazine were so fun and down to earth. The whole session was a photosho...

(12) YeaYeaWendy | 9 days ago

My dear friend, Rosemary , knows what its like to not get much time to herself. She and I have been in the same boat lately. For the past few weeks, I have been trying de...

(21) Kimberly Michalski | 1 day ago

When our son was diagnosed with ADHD, I felt some relief for a logical explanation of his behavior. Even so, initially it felt like a diagnosis with no cure. I hardly kne...

(12) YeaYeaWendy | 3 days ago

Art teacher, David Adam Grant , of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida shook and punched an 8 year old student from his art class after the boy tried to return a crayon that had brok...

(6) mama bear | 1 day ago

As the bell rings at my daughter's school, kids come pouring out in little wild herds. They race each other to the corner and dash across the street, 95% of them never lo...