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This is a short anecdote. I told it to my mother-in-law and she suggested I blog it . . . so here goes, for Kathy’s sake:
The other day I had a migraine at work. I’m a 3rd grade public school teacher in California, and migraines are not 100% conducive to working with 30 kids. Nonetheless, [...]
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It’s been said that life is a series of lines you wait in until the end and even there you have the funeral procession. I guess you lead that line … anyway, I think the notion is true. We wait to get into kindergarten then middle school, high school, college, marriage, parenthood, middle [...]
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I have music around me as much as possible. It lifts my spirit and makes me more human, I think. Someone might say that I am in my own la la land because I have a playlist for before the kids get here called “Feelin’ Good Classroom Music.” To that voice [...]
By Damien Riley
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Posted in Inspiration, Psychology
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Also tagged Classroom, creativity, educator, innovate, kids, life, mantra, memory, music, repetition, spirit, Work
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I see the biggest challenge to blog authors today as keeping visitors on their site long enough to have an impact through their writing. I’ve seen and heard the effective traffic brought on by games and gimmicks for shiny items like designer jewelry. I wonder if that traffic really reads their stuff though. [...]
By Damien Riley
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Posted in Uncategorized
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Also tagged art, blog, Blogging A to Z, blogosphere, brain, Creating, creative thought, ec, electronic medium, Entrecard, gist, idea, initial reaction, innovate, intention, personality, reading, social norm, SUMMATIVE, teacher, Writing
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