The story that you are about to read is true. The names have been omitted to protect the identities of those involved. Once upon a school day, there was a teacher who taught middle school. One of the teacher’s students was hearing impaired and in order for this particular student to access the lesson being [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Telling Tales Out of School
Posted in Allegedly Funny, Bad Behavior on December 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
To Trial or Not To Trial
Posted in Treatments on December 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I have my final meeting with Claudia this Thursday and I’m feeling kind of bittersweet about it. On one hand, I won’t miss the routine of filling out the same survey every time I visit (too boring), removing my shirt (too sexy) and sleeping my way through not one but two EKG tests, peeing in [...]
The Other Side of Life
Posted in In Memoriam on December 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Fehmeen and her sisters and brother lost their grandmother this past weekend. Iqbal and his siblings lost their mother and Nasseem lost his wife and partner of sixty-plus years. Zahra Nasseem Khan was a kind, compassionate, and cordial woman who brought joy to her family and friends. She enjoyed traveling, socializing, and spending time with [...]
This I Believe
Posted in Faith, Life on December 10, 2008 | 11 Comments »
I believe in the power of positive thinking. I always have and I always will. It’s more than a mindset and less than a worldview (if that makes sense). I don’t swim in a sea of blind optimism nor do I think that the sky is falling. I suppose it boils down to this: when [...]
It’s None of Your Business
Posted in Bad Behavior on December 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This is a story that I used to tell my sixth and seventh graders towards the end of the school year in June when Star tests were over and I had nothing left to teach them grade level, math curriculum-wise. As evidenced by this tale of my past, I sought to further their educations in [...]
Like I Needed Another Reason
Posted in Bad Behavior, Fehmeen on December 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
What follows is a copy of an email that I sent out to every staff member at our school. The actual email is written in an italicized font while my personal commentary/contextual clarifications will appear as normal text. To Last Evening’s Holiday Party Attendees- On behalf of Emma and myself, I feel obligated to extend [...]
When the Abstract Becomes Reality
Posted in Treatments on December 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I have been receiving Medical Qi Gong therapy (pronounced chee-gong) from Christina twice a week for the past two months. Of all the treatments and modalities I’ve been getting to treat my ALS symptoms and causes, I absolutely believe that my work with Christina is providing me the most benefit. Our sessions help me not [...]
Rants and Raves Revisited Volume 1 Issue 4
Posted in Rants and Raves on December 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Hello everyone and welcome to issue four of R and R squared. (The math teacher in me will never die). I hope you have been enjoying the daily offering on the blog so far this month. I am hoping that my long-held theory of the ‘busier I am, the more productive I will become’ holds [...]
Now I Know My ABC’s
Posted in Music on December 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
For as long as I can remember, I have been a sorter. Ever since the days of my youth, I have found immense comfort in the active organization of various items in my possession. You name it, I sorted it: Hot Wheels (by make and model), Lego’s (by shape and color), baseball cards (initially by [...]
How I Get High Using Needles
Posted in Treatments on December 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some people despise Mondays. Other folks merely tolerate Mondays by telling themselves that there are only four more days until the weekend arrives. Me, personally, I live for Mondays because that’s the day I hang out with Jen and get high. Once the needles go in, it’s off to dreamland for me, swimming in a [...]
