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Dispatches from the classroom and the road, signed — when the mood strikes — by the Meandering Maestro.
On First-Year Teachers
Watching first-year teachers, for veteran teachers, can be quite fun. They should be case studies, so fascinating this group can be, particularly the white ones in schools of color. I think about this now as Chicago Public Schools teachers, like the Meandering Maestro himself, welcome back students from summer break this week. I’ve been teaching…
Tracy Morgan, Is That All You’ve Got?
Tracy Morgan, is that all you’ve got? You may have heard that the comedian and Saturday Night Live alum recently drew the wrath of teachers for what he said about their profession. His crime? He called teaching a dead-end, low-paying job. In an interview with fellow comedian Marcello Hernandez, Morgan made the comments after Hernandez…
Where I Belong – Preview – Chapter 1
What follows is preview of Where I Belong. Enjoy Chapter 1 and then consider picking up the entire book! The Cessna ascended, like my expectations. This was it, I hoped. I go into all of my various new jobs thinking this way. No more bouncing job to job, city to city, country to…
Welcome, Welcome!
Hello, and welcome. I’m David Lance — teacher, occasional troublemaker, and, on this blog, the Meandering Maestro. I started this blog to write about the things that don’t quite fit in the book: a good class period, a bad one, something a student said that I’m still thinking about a week later, a photo from…
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