Number of blog posts

2010- 152
2011- 56
2012- 43
2013- 23
2014- 18
2015- 3


Am I running out of things to say, or am I forgetting to say those things?  Am I still a writer if I don't write?  Am I OK with letting go of the title of "writer" and choose to refer to myself as a "occasional writing hobbyist"?

Challenging day

Today was not my best day, as a teacher and a business owner.   I yelled during class.  I never yell during class.  Then again, I have never had a class like this.  Even in my most challenging classes, I have been able to get through a lesson plan.  Not this class; not this group of kids.  There's always "that kid", the one who throws off the class dynamic.  This class had three.  One stopped coming.  The other two: no one wanted to partner with them.  These kids were mean to each other, wouldn't stop talking when I tried to teach, and flat out refused to do what was asked of them.  And then, two started chasing each other around the narrow room.  The only way to stop any more forward momentum was to yell to stop.  So I yelled.  I felt so helpless and so unprofessional in that moment. 

But, through all the chaos and the meanness and disrespectfulness of the class, I must have done something right.  I received this thank you card from one of the quieter students.