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Advancement Via What?
After fourteen years of teaching middle school English, I have stepped out of my comfort zone and entered the realms of high school. I am now teaching 12th grade Independent Study (an awesome class where seniors research something they're...
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A Single Girl's Tips for Budgeting
Sometimes it's hard to be a single girl living on one income. Budgeting is not always an easy thing to do, especially in today's economy. I do not have all of the answers, but I do have a few tips that I picked up the hard way. I started...
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Chef Point Cafe
Take a good look at the picture. Doesn't look like a gourmet restaurant, right? Seriously, a restaurant? At a gas station? Yes. And it's some of the best food I've ever eaten. I have dreams about it. As an appetizer, What Nots. These...
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Girls Watching Football With Guys
I love football. I was raised in a small town in East Texas, and if you know anything about Texas, you know that we Texans love our football. On Friday nights of out-of-town games, the local Dairy Queen sign would say, "Whoever leaves Sulphur...
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Teaching Forrest Gump
Is there anyone who doesn't cry when watching the amazing film Forrest Gump? When mamma "died on a Tuesday" or when he's thinking about Jenny and "there she was" or when he meets Little Forrest for the first time and wonders "is he smart, or is...
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Gifted Kids Say the Darndest Things
I was labeled "gifted" when I was ten years old. I spent my middle school and high school years with the "nerds" as my best friends, sharing gifted classes with them for the entire duration of our school days. After college, I decided I wanted to be...
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Dead Man's Run
Growing up in a small town where everyone knew everyone and knew everything about everyone, I heard hundreds of ghost stories about haunted places around Sulphur Springs. For instance, out Highway 154, just south of town, there is an old Methodist...
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Colonial Mexico and the Catholic Church
In the 21st Century United States, separation of church and state has been taken to a level beyond anything the forefathers could have imagined. In colonial America, the church had great power and influence. This great power and influence was...
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Frankenstein and the Railroad
There are so many things about the analogy of the railroad and Frankenstein that, as an English teacher, I applaud the first person to make the connection (although I don't know who that may have been). The novel by Mary Shelley is chock-full of...
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Road Rage?
According to Dr. Driver (http://www.drdriving.org/misc/roisum_interview.html), Road Rage includes “thoughts of violence, driving like you’re in a hurry, constantly criticizing other drivers and neglecting to follow safety rules.” If we uphold...
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No More Turning Away?
From the beginning of time people have committed evil acts, done horrendous things, and hurt each other in numerous ways. But recently it seems as if the world has gotten worse. As the old saying goes, we seem to be “going to hell in a...