TEACHER VOICES: Marni Spitz, #11 The Crier
When my best friends have weddings, and I want to say a few words at their rehearsal dinners, I have been forced to perform raps to express how much I love the...
The Crier
When my best friends have weddings, and I want to say a few words at their rehearsal dinners, I have been forced to perform raps to express how much I love the...
One month before graduation. “Now what?”
Monday, 4/18 2:10 pm Family meeting week, the last of my advisees’ high school careers. I meet with K’s mom for five minutes, just to let her know that K is on...
Concert-Going Tiger Nikes
Last week I did something few teachers do on a school night: I went to a concert. Gassssspp!!!! I know, right?!? I’m so BRAVE. After a day of school, I entere...
“I’m grateful for the education”
Monday, 2/1 – 2:45 pm They are falling off. Four of 15 advisees are out today. J is putting her mother into hospice care, but the others are just taking ...
My Teacher Box
Right before the bell, a student coyly slipped me a card. J’s attendance in my class had been off and on for a while, but recently, he had been present more of...