Family
-
Friday Writing Challenge: I Miss High School
Prompt: Something you miss I miss high school—not my teenage years but the years I spent…
-
Friday Writing Challenge: 10 Interesting Facts About Myself
This week’s prompt: Ten interesting facts about yourself. I’m a first generation American, born from Macedonian…
-
The Philanthropic Experience: A Student’s Perspective
One of my current college composition student wrote a personal narrative essay that beautifully illustrates one…
-
Friday Writing Challenge: A Favorite Movie
Inside Out I know. This is a Wednesday, but when I started writing about Inside Out…
-
Friday Writing Challenge: Tattoos
Writing Prompt #2: What tattoos do you have, or what tattoos would you get, and why? July…
-
Blessing 27: Nelson
My father-in-law, Nelson Hawkins, was a blessing in my life for so many reasons. Even during…
-
4 Steps to a Healthier, Happier Me
Over the past 30 years, I have had the same battle with weight that I’m sure…
-
Uncommon Core Book Reading: Chapter 19
On August 24, 2015, I read Chapter 19: Teach Them How to Be Happy from Uncommon…
-
Public Education Has Become un-American
By Ann Snuggs, Guest Blogger It’s been eight years since I walked out of the classroom, thoroughly…
-
Our Not so Magical Education System
New blog category: A Student’s Perspective. My students have a lot to say about the current…
-
You can judge me if you want to
You can judge me if you want to, but before you do, know that I primarily…
-
Opting Out: Why Ian Will Never Take State Tests
I’m taking a stand this year: My son is not taking the standardized state tests that…
-
How do I find the words
How do I find the words to show what’s in my heart, When the…