Unions by nature tend to be very divisive. Both sides of that divide are often very, and I mean VERY passionate. I always thought for the pro-union people, that they were very much involved and that they lived and died as a union. My experience has been very much the opposite. I belong to a […]

I’ll be honest. I knew this school year was going to be shit. I really did. When you have staff leaving a school in mass exodus and a city that doesn’t quite understand what teacher morale is, you know things are going to be bad. I figured that it would compel me to right more. […]

Nothing gets me more excited than looking back at the first couple of years in my school. I was so full of optimism and hope. It was kinda cute. Much like any other teacher, the years have beat me down and made me much less optimistic. Hell, if I still had any optimism in me, […]

In a ever-depressing school such as Shitbag HS, Halloween should be the one time where fun can be had. So in order to have that fun, my department decided that we would wear themed hoodies. Get it? It looks like the Continental Army from the Revolutionary War. As a bunch of Social Studies teachers, we […]

Original Article. Oh man. The NY Post is at it again. This time, they’re taking about how it’s an official policy stating that seat time should not be a reason for a student to fail a class. This won’t come at a shock to anyone that has ever taught in the five boroughs. I just […]