Middle-aged Maverick

Tag: school

  • Despite it all…I’m proud

    Several years ago when I taught 5th grade at a Catholic school, we had a part-time P.E. teacher that floated between our school and the other Catholic school in town. Early in the fall one school year, she mentioned to me that the librarian at the other school wanted her to ask me if I… →

  • Independence Day

    And talk about it I am. It’s getting close to March 28th. On that date one year ago, I was on the receiving end of a phone call that honestly changed my life. I only remember the specific date because it was on Holy Thursday. The day that my school got out for Easter break.… →

  • We Regret to Inform You…

    How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? This is one of those stories where I didn’t see the ripple effects one seeming failure would have until much, much later. I honestly think a huge part of the trajectory of my life came from this. When I was in high… →

  • To Snow or Not To Snow

    I was born in the north and raised in the south. The southeast corner of the United States where there are communities of retired people who moved here to escape the harsh winters of the north. I’ve never experienced a northern winter. But I have experienced the thrill of a snow day. Where just the… →

  • Always On

    Have you ever performed on stage or given a speech? One of my college classes was Public Speaking. I can’t remember if I had to take that for my English concentration or my education major. Either way, I gave a lot of speeches in that class. But not as many as I gave as a… →

  • Christmas is Weird This Year

    Back in the spring, when I knew I was quitting my job of 19 years and doing…well, I didn’t know what I was going to do with my life at that point. I just knew I wasn’t going to keep being an educator. I wrote repeatedly in my journal about how badly I couldn’t wait… →

  • Daily Prompt Response—Alternative Career Path

    What alternative career paths have you considered or are interested in? Really? This is the prompt I get today? Um…nearly 90% of my posts since the spring have been about my alternative career path. Of course, this random question generator couldn’t have known that and I am always happy to tell anyone who will listen… →

  • Things that are making me happy (part 10)

    Indifference about my job. I have found that I really enjoy my new job when I’m there, but when I come home, I don’t care much about it and that is making me so happy! I’m going on two months of this new job and at first, there was a great deal of excitement about… →

  • Things that are making me happy (part 9)

    I went to bed last night thinking about knitting. I was reflecting on a new project I was working on and thinking about color combination possibilities for a sweater I want to make soon. For the past two years, I had been heavily engaged in graduate school and my first year as a school principal.… →

  • Back to School Season for a Former Teacher

    For the entirety of my school-attending life, and especially for the past 19 years as a teacher and most recently, school principal, August has been the most dreaded month of the year. As an educator, August means that summer vacation is over and it’s time to start another school year. This is especially true for… →