What Happens When Your Teen Wonders If Life Is Worth Living
Eric Jones 3 weeks ago (09-13) 66 views
What Happens When Your Teen Wonders If Life Is Worth Living It happened during a free-write exercise in my tenth-grade Englis...
Family Education
Why I Was Nervous About My Class—Here’s How I Made It Through
Eric Jones 3 weeks ago (09-13) 51 views
Why I Was Nervous About My Class—Here’s How I Made It Through The hallway smelled like floor wax and slightly burnt popcorn, ...
Why Teachers Don’t Go In Depth (And What You Can Do at Home)
Eric Jones 3 weeks ago (09-13) 47 views
Why Teachers Don’t Go In Depth (And What You Can Do at Home) On a Thursday afternoon, I was explaining the Louisiana Pu...
My Teacher Crushed My Dream in 1994 — Now I Watch Every Word I Say to My Daughter
Eric Jones 3 weeks ago (09-13) 52 views
My Teacher Crushed My Dream in 1994 — Now I Watch Every Word I Say to My Daughter The story was about a dog that chased a car...
My 6-Year-Old Said “Nobody Played With Me” – How Do I Know If I’m Overthinking It
Eric Jones 3 weeks ago (09-13) 60 views
My 6-Year-Old Said “Nobody Played With Me” – How Do I Know If I’m Overthinking It? The moment she said it, I was elbow-deep i...
What John Taylor Gatto’s Teaching Methods Taught Me About Letting Kids Think for Themselves
Eric Jones 3 weeks ago (09-13) 55 views
What John Taylor Gatto’s Teaching Methods Taught Me About Letting Kids Think for Themselves The first time I heard a student ...
The best “mum” car isn’t the one with the biggest boot or the fanciest safety rating—it’s the one that quietly absorbs the chaos of a Tuesday afternoon
Eric Jones 3 weeks ago (09-13) 46 views
The best “mum” car isn’t the one with the biggest boot or the fanciest safety rating—it’s the one that quietly ab...
My Oldest Is Turning 4 and My Younger Is 18 Months: I Love This Age and I’m Trying Not to Forget It
Eric Jones 3 weeks ago (09-13) 53 views
My Oldest Is Turning 4 and My Younger Is 18 Months: I Love This Age and I’m Trying Not to Forget It This morning, Lila ...
Is Homework Actually a Waste of Time
Eric Jones 3 weeks ago (09-13) 55 views
Is Homework Actually a Waste of Time? A Teacher’s Honest Perspective The question came at the end of a parent-teacher c...
Why I Stopped Forcing the Curriculum and Started Following John Taylor Gatto’s Ideas
Eric Jones 3 weeks ago (09-13) 54 views
Why I Stopped Forcing the Curriculum and Started Following John Taylor Gatto’s Ideas The worksheet had been sitting untouched...