A Day in the Life

Thank you to  Two Writing Teachers  for creating  a space for me and other teacher-writers to share our stories. My writing well has been qu...

"Mrs. Eck, do you have a favorite book?" I have been asked this question so many times during my teaching career, and I usually an...

Image by  Peter Olexa  from  Pixabay This community is fueled by comments, but commenting is something I struggle with. What kind of comment...

 Dear Students, I walked down the hall today and saw this sign on our Student of the Week board. It made me sad because it is not the first ...

Can a person, especially a teacher, ever have too many books?  Absolutely, positively NO! I thought you'd say that! I totally agree alth...

Image by  manuelwagner0  from  Pixabay In a recent post , I wrote about how I do not like technology changes. Well, the same goes with copie...

I was struggling with a topic for today's slice, so I decided to scroll my phone to find a picture that might inspire me.  I stopped on ...

Image by  Gerd Altmann  from  Pixabay One step forward and two steps back has been my life since my knee injury on January 20th. I make prog...

I love the change of the seasons and change of scenery and change of perspective. I really don't mind change expect when it comes to tec...

  One of my classes finished reading Grenade by Alan Gratz, a story about an American soldier and a young Okinawan soldier. It is a great bo...

Image by  Pexels  from  Pixabay I am trying to avoid social media these days. Mostly because it is a time sucker.  A while back, I started p...

This is not an oh, poor pitiful me post, but you have to know the events of the past month to understand the joy to the ending of my day tod...

Image by  AS Photograpy  from  Pixabay When I was growing up, I rarely heard the words "I love you." This doesn't mean I grew ...

  Join  Two Writing Teachers  and other teacher-writers as we  share a slice of life during the month of March.   I have heard the mantra, ...