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“You’re just being a spoil-sport!” one girl accuses me. I grab more toilet paper so I can blow my nose and dab my eyes. “You just want to be the teacher’s pet!” another girl insists. The two share a mutual Our work here is done! glance, turn their backs on me, and leave me crying—now […]
I stare at my counselor, my eyes unblinking, my brain unable to form words. Oblivious to my shock, she moves on to a new topic. Her mouth moves, but nothing she’s saying registers. I want to ask, “What did you just say?” Because she can’t possibly have said what she just said. Except that she […]
In Episode #14 of Grit ‘n’ Grace, Sheila Wray Gregoire says that instead of attacking others for being “wrong” and insisting that we are “right,” we need to identify how we feel identify what we want ask for what we want This is all very problematic for me, on so many levels. I’ve Spent […]
“Good Enough.” It sounds so good in theory. For decades, I’ve wanted to make it a reality. But when you’re a recovering perfectionist, where do you even start? (Or, for over-attempters, where do you stop?) So you can imagine my delight when, a few weeks ago, I discovered Good Enough quite by accident. I was […]
“What kind of teacher refuses to help a student?” The final deadline for second semester assignments has come and gone. This student has asked, “What can I do to raise my grade to passing?” and been told the truth: “Nothing.” They’ve argued and begged, to no avail. So, they resort to shame, hurling words as a weapon. “What kind […]