Dear 2012, Wow, what a year you have been! You were a year I had been anticipating for  so long  in so many ways. There were big life ch...

"To parents who aren't educators, this may be hard to understand:   Five days a week, we teach your kids.  That means we e...

"You look like a teacher." Hmm... Is the glass half empty or half full? Did this imply I looked like a frumpy old biddy today...