EPSILON-DELTA

Lisa, my friend, mentor, and boss, challenged me to answer five questions about this school year.  We'll see how far I get before baby a...

I am trying to think of everything and anything that might be helpful for my friend taking over for me during maternity leave (any day now!)...

One of the most important lessons I learned about teaching I learned as a graduate student working in the Math Lab at my university as a tut...

I got a new student today.  Today.  Eleven weeks before school lets out for summer.  At the end of class, the kid told me that was the first...

" Little Friend " by  Leonid Afremov As we're nearing the finish line this year and as I reflect back on my classes, I can ...

I was recently at a meeting where two wonderful English teachers were presenting a really cool strategy that they use in their classrooms. T...

A former student of mine recently wrote to me telling me he was considering pursuing a math education degree.  At first, I was thrilled!  An...

This was my first year teaching high school.  Before this year, I taught at the college level for three years.  [I talked about my decision ...

Last spring I started reading Ann Voskamp's One Thousand Gifts .  In her book, Voskamp talks about the tragedies she's faced in life...

I was at a car parts store the other day, and I saw a sun shade for your windshield that advertised this: I had to double-take. ...

Before I was a math teacher, while I was still in undergrad, I was a dance teacher.  It seems silly writing this now, because at the time I ...

6:30  Phone alarm goes off and cats know it's time for breakfast.  Text hubby Good Morning and that I can't wait for him to get b...

This Saturday I was at wedding, and I started talking to one of my friend's brothers, whom I've known for several years.  This broth...

A prompt for this week's New Blogger Initiation was to pick one of our favorite math quotes and write about it. I just got done wi...

Yesterday was my birthday, and my fellow math teachers brought me this: Why the question mark?  I think because many of them are over...

I just started blogging a few months ago, and I can say it has been an amazing source of professional development for me.  I've gotten t...

My school recently opened a beautiful new "Collegiate Academy," which I have the privilege to be a part of.  With this p...

I got my hair cut yesterday. I don't like getting my hair cut. I think it's partially because it means I have to make small talk wit...

Somehow summer classes have come and gone.  I know students take summer classes to learn information fast.  I hope that they really do learn...