I grew up loving and watching sitcoms like “Growing Pains,” “The Cosby Show” and “Family Ties.” These families all seemed perfect and their life problems were all easily solved, with lessons learned, in a neat 30 minutes of broadcast time – not counting the commercial breaks. Isn’t this how life is supposed to work? Good […]

The big assignment in my ninth grade English class was to read three books by the same author and to write an essay discussing the similarities and differences across the works. This was overwhelming for my 14 year old self. I loved to read, but to read 3 whole books in the time frame AND […]

If I were playing Family Feud and the category in play was “Things that Pass” I think I could do pretty well. Because I teach seventh graders, I would have to say, “gas,” but I could quickly follow it up with “time,” “cars,” “storms,” and “kidney stones.” “People” pass and so do “traditions” and “family […]