Preciouses from the Past

Last night I received a facetime from a former colleague. She had two of my past 5th grade students visiting her who just graduated from St. Teresa’s Academy. My heart was filled with happiness to see and hear these two mature, women. Anna will be attending St. Louis University in the fall pursuing a Political […]

Classroom Relationships

Frustration happens. There is no way around it. How we deal with it determines if there will be growth. In building my website I became frustrated a number of times. I was working on a certain section and I told the kind chat lady on Domain.com (after 2 hours with me) that I was done. […]

Shout Out

If we are to be a lifelong learner we need to take risks and seek out help. I took a risk in creating my own website. I knew nothing about DNS, PHP, SSL, SMTP, plugins, etc. Now I know .1 of something. So here is a shout out to Domain.com for their amazing help and […]

Thoughts on Soft Skills

What are Soft Skills? Soft skills can be thought of as non-technical skills that characterize how you work and connect with others. Your ability to effectively communicate, to adapt to a variety of situations, to problem-solve, etc., can all be considered examples of soft skills. Forbes.com provides further explanation and examples of essential soft skills. […]