Real Life and Other Randomness

At lunch today, a student came up to me and said, "Coach Naz, I've really got to talk to you." I was concerned because A) I ...

I often joke about teaching or about my kids at school .  I sometimes even let my anger free flow and turn into a comical rage.  Things have...

Every 12 year old I know has only two sworn enemies: body odor and combination locks.  Both seem to mystify and confound even my smartest st...

Perspective. It's something we all need and something so few of us have. And it's terribly hard to teach a group of teenagers ...

See this dude? Cute, right? Well, in my house, he's delicious. Yep.  My house is the house where geckos go to die.  Actu...

Fantasy Football -- Week 5. I won.  Holy fut nuts, I won. THIS IS NOT A DRILL! It was looking like I was going to need Matt Ryan to pu...

Today is World Teachers' Day.  The fact that A) I didn't know this, and I'm a teacher and 2) it's on a Saturday is so frustr...