About Me

I never imagined I would be teaching for 25 years, but I am.  It just seems to me I have been the one learning. I have learned so much from my students.  What has been the greatest lesson is how the simple things, the everyday trite things can mean so much to just one person. Why punish a kid because he didn't bring his pencil to class, just give him one. Give him one everyday if you have to, its just a pencil.  When he no longer needs you to give him a pencil, he will bring his own. It wasn't ever about the pencil, it was about someone noticing him that day, someone speaking to him. The absence of love, true love in anyone's life can happen in the blink of an eye. Just love people, just take care of people, just be nice. It may make your life a little tougher, but it sure will make someone else's road so much smoother. The Beatles had it right : "The love you take is equal to the love you make. "

Lately, I've Been Thinking

It's just so much easier to be nice than it is to be mean. It is so much easier to be positive than it is to be negative. It's just a simple goal of mine but I would like to see each person each day take the time to make a difference in the life of s...