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I love my job, don’t get me wrong, but if there’s anything more frustrating than playing Uno with preschoolers, it’s having a 3-year-old with a toy cash register. They hold all the power, and they know it. (fist shake) They can play the game and make it go on forehver. A typical scenario will go [...]

Mrs. Sommerer (standing in the hallway, the usual bathroom monitoring position): “You doin’ ok, Hunter?” Hunter (who is 3): “Yeah.” (Time goes by.) Mrs. Sommerer: “Still ok?” Hunter: “I need more paper.” Mrs. Sommerer: “No problem.” (Grabs a roll, goes into the stall, is momentarily stunned.) Mrs. Sommerer (recovered): “Hunter, I’m going to help you [...]

Right after church on Easter Lloyd and I ate some lunch and then headed to his classroom to do some major cleaning. He had hoped to work on it Friday, but we put it off. He hoped to work on it Saturday, but instead he played computer games most of the day. Sunday was our [...]

I’ve been trying to get more parent-interactive things to happen at school. I finally got into using e-mail (hangs head in shame that it took me so long to get on board with that) and have sent out daily blurbs about what goes on in class, plus we’ve got the Facebook page, and I’ve tried [...]

iPad presentation smallIt’s late here; it’s been a long day, and Lauren is too tired to write a post. Our Gala dinner and auction fundraiser for Lincoln Lutheran High School was last night and I was in charge of the presentation where we asked our supporters to donate $36,000 to buy iPads for all of [...]

It’s been about three years since I’ve taught a middle school class, and in that time the average number of middle schoolers playing 8-square during break has declined from roughly 73% to roughly 0%. I take this as a personal insult. Before Christmas break I told my access class (think homeroom) that we’d have to [...]