The following are a few accounts of true events. They are horrific, but hilarious at the same time. Until now I was loathe to share these stories because I focused on the horrific aspects instead of the hilarious. However, time heals, and now I can actually find the hilarity in what occurred. So here is […]

Here is my trademark story that I reveled in telling to all my classes. I do believe that the vast majority of my students remember this story to this day.  I hope that they also remember the important lesson derived from the story! In Germany in the late 1930’s and the early 1940’s there was […]

When I was teaching in the classroom  I didn’t impose rules.  I actually elicited from my students what they would need to help them learn effectively.  After reaching a full class consensus, we reduced the list  of procedures to  5 or 6.  We also determined consequences for failure to comply with what the students and […]

This year, we were determined to carry on the seders in as normal a fashion as possible. You all know by now,  that “normal” is a relative term-especially around here!  We  need to be constantly adapting to a” new normal”.  Things quickly tend to fluctuate, so we have to be flexible. I was driven to […]