Author: Teacher Toni

Okay, so my two cents here in Canada may be worth a little less than the US two cents, but I offer it up anyway. I have calmed down a little bit since yesterday.  I have read just about every diary on here about the state...

I should be grading papers or even straightening the house.  I can’t focus.  Fights have been breaking out in my school and no one has a plan to address the issue.  The NSA is spying on citizens and no one...

Do you remember when you were a kid, and members of the opposite sex had “cooties?”  Some boys might have even gone so far as to post a sign like this on the door of their hang out. Sadly, some boys never grow...

Do you remember where you were 25 years ago today?  December 8, 1980, NYC, in front of the Dakota apartment building, John Lennon was shot and killed. I remember that I was in our family room, sitting in my dad’s...

[From the diaries by susanhu with a minor formatting change. What an important diary, and an important piece of original journalism by Teacher Toni.] The school where I teach is a Title I school.  Basically, this means that...