As many start the school year, I have a few pieces of wisdom to share. These are based on my personal experience as a parent, educator, and substitute. They boil down to a few things. Remember how you speak to students matters. Show through your actions, and especially your words, that you value and respect…
I don’t often look at the stats for my wordpress blog, but last week something caught my eye as I scanned the number of views I had for August. I do, however, occasionally keep tabs on the number of views and visitors I get each month on my site. When I looked, I saw that…
The end of summer is about transitions. Anyone involved in education at any level or anyone with children realize this is a time of change. School aged children move to a new grade level, meet a new teacher, and see a new classroom. College aged students return to their studies at their campuses where they…
If there is one thing that really irritates me, it is inequity. Fortunately, I’ve never experienced the inequity some do – such as food insecurity or homelessness. But, what about how you are treated by organizations? There is a great deal of inequity in that realm and some of it I have experienced. For example,…
Today, I am taking the easy way out to post to my blog. However, it does not mean my post does not have value, it just means I’m trying to save myself some time, as I have other writing projects to attend to. The following is a reflection paper (book review) I wrote during my…
It’s been a long time since I was an undergraduate student “in college” – forty years ago this month to be exact! The Dream But, last night I dreamt I was an undergraduate student moving into my dormitory. It was vivid. My real roommate was there with me. We were not freshman, as we knew…
Today is Silent Sunday. It is a day that I do not write a post but offer my own photographs on a theme of my choosing. We travelled to Minnesota this weekend and experienced Stillwater for the first time! Enjoy! All photographs are copyrighted by Carol Labuzzetta. No permission exists to duplicate in any form…
Welcome to Poetry Friday! I am so happy to have the opportunity to host the round up for this week. If you want to know what Poetry Friday is, click here for a great explanation!. After reading my post, don’t forget to leave a comment and then add your link! Fingers crossed this works. It…
Today I am posting two blogs. The reason? Tomorrow, I host the Poetry Friday Round Up! What does tomorrow have to do with today? It has to do with the Poetry Friday participants that are down under and other places a day a head of the United States across the globe. I’ll post for Poetry…
I find myself twittering about Twitter. How many of you have twitter accounts? Do you find them useful to your writing, either to get notifications of where to submit your writing or to market your publications? Recently, I was informed that I “should” have a twitter account if I want to be informed of where…