Why Experience Is The Best Teacher
“You’ll understand when you’re older.” We tell that to our students, and they don’t like. We hear it when we start out in the teaching […]
Many Things
The Hunt For The Missing Carnival
Turns out I’m not the only teacher out there who gets so busy teaching that he overlooks his blog somewhat. Perhaps you can relate. Oh, I’m sure you can! It happens to us all. We get bogged down with so many things in our life that the unimportant things shift to the back. Hopefully.
Sometimes if we’re not careful, we let the important things shift to the back-burner. That’s an altogether
TGIF, That Means It’s Almost Monday!
Please don’t tell me this picture represents your views! As a teacher, and specifically as a band director, I am not a big fan of […]
On The Brink Of Quitting
Lisa writes: I googled “bitter about teaching” and came up with your blog. I was recently let go from a school I busted my a$$ […]
Less Stress: Only Work At Work
Each morning when I come into the band hall, there are always a handful of students who come to drop off their instruments before school. […]
Efficient vs. Effective
This week, I began reading The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss. It’s an outstanding book. One of the points that he makes in the book […]