December 3rd, 2016
It’s hard to believe, but the end of the school year is already here. My sister, Sandra, is an elementary school music teacher. Like all teachers, she cherishes the gifts her students and their parents give her as tokens ofRead More…
December 3rd, 2016
They teach our children left from right, fractions from percentages, similes from metaphors. They teach them how to speak in an “inside voice” and to raise their hands instead of shouting out the answers. And if you’ve got little ones,Read More…
December 2nd, 2016
At my son’s parent-teacher conference last fall, I almost fell off my chair when his preschool teacher listed the following among his developmental accomplishments: he cleaned up his toys, ate and drank neatly and raised his hand rather than interruptingRead More…