: About Me

I have been a high school English teacher for 30 years, and a baseball coach for 34. Teaching is one of the most noble professions, and as the years have gone by, I have grown more passionate about it.

I have kept my hand in writing by covering sports for a local newspaper, a job I first did when I was in high school.

My passion is ...

baseball

I know too much about ...

teenagers' lives

My parents always told me ...

Treat others as you want to be treated.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a fireman.

My favorite memory ...

is any positive experience I enjoyed with one of my children.

Why I write ...

I write because I can. It also's gives me credibility as an English teacher.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

The Wire

My first job ...

was on a construction survey crew.

My best moment ...

was getting married.

My inspiration ...

anyone who puts themself second to the greater good.

Education > Secondary School Issues Behaviour management in secondary school classrooms

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Justin is going to be taking junior English for the third time next year. He failed it last year; he's failing it this year. Justin does not even try. I have had a couple of conversations with him, the latest just last week. "The fourth marking period is just starting. Work with me, do your work and we'll get through the final exam so you can pass the semester," I said to him. Justin politely declined. He wants out of school altogether, but his mother is making him stay so it won't affect her child support payments. Rick signed his name Rich on a paper he turned in last week. I asked him a...

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