Little Suitcase, Big Plans

I don’t mean to sound like a drama queen but packing a carry-on suitcase is harder than it appears. My makeup bag takes up half the suitcase. No joke. So you might be… Continue reading →

Hungry, Poor College Kids

“Forty percent of the people on our planet—more than 2.5 billion—now live in poverty, struggling to survive on less than $2 a day. More people die from hunger each year than from AIDS,… Continue reading →

This Is One Excited Girl!

I am one excited girl… I have never been this excited for a presentation. I’m about to burst at the seams because I feel so passionately about this project. Today is the day… Continue reading →

Teaching Boys

Oh boy, oh boy. I wanted to learn some tactics to teach boys so I picked up “Reading Don’t Fix No Chevys” by Michael W. Smith and Jeffrey D. Wilhelm. The authors researched… Continue reading →

Expectations on Pine Ridge

Yesterday I went to Pine Ridge to help with a youth program called Young Life. Young Life is a program for teenagers in middle school and high school that provides a safe place… Continue reading →

I Think We All Need a Pep Talk

If you’re reading this, you’ve survived most of 2013. (If you’re not reading this…you should) But now the leaves have faded brown and fallen off the trees. The sharp wind snaps all day… Continue reading →

The student Voice: Our Survey, part 5 – Common Practices That Don’t Work

What doesn’t work for [actual] students. Granted, and… One question from our student survey that generated very specific and (I think) helpful responses was: What is a very common teacher practice that occurs… Continue reading →