Tag Archives: school

Back in the academic groove

School started last week. In some ways it doesn’t really feel like it yet. I mean, there are those two days that are kind of like practice. This week, kids will be fixing their schedules, transferring from one class to … Continue reading

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Killing a friend

I killed a friend yesterday. I’d known this person since 1993. I met him because of a creative writing course at Francis Tuttle Technology Center. He’d been a good friend, though always a little strange. He didn’t deserve to die, … Continue reading

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Vomit and Grapes

It’s been quite the week. My three youngest kids were home sick Monday and Tuesday, went to school Wednesday, then the youngest two started vomiting again Wednesday evening and one of them ended up staying home yesterday, causing me to … Continue reading

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Vomit and Grapes

It’s been quite the week. My three youngest kids were home sick Monday and Tuesday, went to school Wednesday, then the youngest two started vomiting again Wednesday evening and one of them ended up staying home yesterday, causing me to … Continue reading

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Satan in the classroom

When I switched over to WordPress last summer, my intention was to have fresh content on my main Web presence much more often than I was doing before, when updates meant creating a new HTML page. I haven’t been so … Continue reading

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Satan in the classroom

Today I got approval on my purchase order to buy 30 copies of William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist for use in my AP Literature and Composition class. I wondered if there’d be a problem getting it approved, but there were no questions. … Continue reading

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