By Nellie Curtiss … At five foot ten inches and 200 pounds, he stood like a drill sergeant in the 1964 Gomer Pyle USMC tv series or like in the 1995 movie Major Payne or any number of comedic and realistic military film fauna. We were fifth graders at the Lindsey Air Force Base elementaryContinue reading “Mr. Saint Peter taught with a yardstick”
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Childhood resolutions resound in 2023
By Nellie Curtiss … There’s a bracelet created by Steel by Design named “Mama Says.” It includes encouragements, resolutions, if you will, from most every mom on the planet like: eat your vegetables, brush your teeth, and say your prayers. Comedians, Facebook sages, and Star Trek fans have 2023 resolutions. Here are some floating resolutionsContinue reading “Childhood resolutions resound in 2023”
Learn about the issues and choose to vote wisely
By Nellie Curtiss … Our voter ballots are in our mailboxes or on their way there. It’s an important midterm vote for all of us. As you ready yourself for this responsibility, I hope you’ll consider the wisdom from voters who came before us. “Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another,Continue reading “Learn about the issues and choose to vote wisely“
Choose to be inquisitive and grow your mind
By Nellie Curtiss … My world has always been a classroom of lessons. I’ve been actively learning for a long time now. When I was in elementary school at the Royal Oaks Elementary School outside Madrid, Spain, I cared most about handstands on the grassy knoll, jacks on the playground and hopscotch contests on theContinue reading “Choose to be inquisitive and grow your mind”
ROOMBA on a mission at 230 in the afternoon
by Nellie Curtiss … It was 2:30 in the afternoon when the gunmetal colored ROOMBA left its station and embarked on its mission. There were no notes left behind; no clues as to it’s trek that day. The twin teens were not yet home from Grant Middle School where they ran for the track team.Continue reading “ROOMBA on a mission at 230 in the afternoon“
Back to the Future schedules and travels
by Nellie Curtiss … Was someone laughing? No, the phone, tablet and watch were all ringing. “Who synced them? I didn’t,” I thought. My eyes opened and my brows stretched as high as they could. Throwing the blanket and quilt off, I glanced at my Mickey Mouse watch loosely hanging on my left wrist. “Oh,Continue reading “Back to the Future schedules and travels“
What goes around, turns on again, eventually
by Nellie Curtiss … I opened up the MacBook and my heart sank as it did not wake up. I touched the space bar, the “a, b, c” keys. No response. The screen remained as dark as the original Tabula Rasa belonging to the mythic teacher in the sky. All my psyche could do wasContinue reading “What goes around, turns on again, eventually“
Laughter is the best lesson
by Nellie Curtiss … My eyes were drawn to the headline: Why Laughter Makes Classroom Management More Effective (https://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2011/01/29/effective-classroom-management-and-laughter/ ) The author, Michael Linsin, is a 30-year veteran teacher with all the grade levels under his thinking cap. He started Smart Classroom management in 2009 with a newsletter to help other teachers. Although his wiseContinue reading “Laughter is the best lesson”
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