This. So much this…

MY FRIEND IS FAMOUS!! newsweek.com/hubs/mightier/…

We knew this. #speechanddebate teams improve test scores for students who aren’t even on the team. Schools with strong teams have kids who take information and skills into their classes and improve the level of conversation for all students. newsweek.com/hubs/mightier/…

I love this - and hate it because Rich Fitzgerald once told me that there was a plan in place to keep Pittsburgh roads clean... and they are not... opdc.org/events/2023/9/…

Pittsburgh on the cutting edge of pediatric cancer research North Allegheny TigerThon curethekids.org/project/peptid…

He is rock and roll. He autographed a poster for me... at the time "Miss Givens." I cannot hang this poster in my classroom because of the joint that he drew... pitchfork.com/news/rage-agai…

Still getting used to the idea that not everyone can hear their eyes blinking and blood flowing and toes wiggling and hair falling out... uclahealth.org/cancer/cancer-…

Great work, Hoburg!!

This has been a cheer weekend. Today in Johnstown Cheer competitions have a smell. In particular- cigarettes and sweat. That’s the parent-smell, not the kids. I know exactly two people who still smoke cigarettes. How do this many cheer parents smoke? Every.Single.Competition.

As long as I am teaching, I will show #standanddeliver each year to every class I have. #mathstruggles #APCalc #worktowin Lou Diamond Phillips

Taking a few moments before our normal Monday night (wonderful) chaos ...getting caught up on a few minutes of Hallmark Channel movies - AND YESSSSS.... Love seeing Tristan D. Lalla even if it is outside Ghosts !!!

So today I found out that Tina Fey is playing an AP Calc teacher named Sharon in Mean Girls Well, Tina, my name is Sharon and I play an AP Calc teacher in real life soooooo… I win.

81 years ago, Arthur Inks, my great-grandfather, lost his life on this ship. What the chaplains did for these men, not just in their final moments but for the entire (short) trip - they deserve to be remembered.

Just watched this again with my students. Basically - it helps them to realize we all cry about math sometimes #apcalculus

My boyhood baseball cards moving up and moving out … congratulations Dick Allen ( Posthumously) Dave Parker (hero) to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⚾ and somebody who should be in there but passed at 91 this week Rocky Colavito. Had all them cards 🙏🏿 Shawn Anderson

Imagine being sedated for surgery and UNITED calls it off because your breast cancer isn’t that bad.