Ever wonder what it’s like to juggle the extremes of the teenage brain—brilliant prodigies, high-anxiety perfectionists, and the occasional sarcastic genius—all in one classroom? Welcome to the world of 10th-grade World History, where one moment’s drama might involve Western Front trench warfare…and the next, a paper chase led by your own forgetfulness.
Take 20 teens, sprinkle in a pinch of chaos, and add an Oscar-winning speaker. What do you get? A field trip for the ages that somehow ends with all kids accounted for—more or less. Oct 01, 2012 4:48:14 am So, it’s official. I’ve finally lost what was left of my mind. I’m hosting a field […]
Before society sands down the rough edges, teens have their own kind of wisdom. Raw? Yes. Brutal? Almost always. Unique? ABSOLUTELY. Entertaining? Let’s see… Nov 24, 2009, 11:08:27 AMOverheard in the girls’ restroom, 9th-grade girl to 7th-grade girl, in a wise, learned voice:“You are going to love high school so much, but let me tell […]
So I started writing this post right after my ride and it went on … and on … and 3 pages later I was like “WTF, woman!” So now I am sitting on it and reconsidering and rethinking and OBVIOUSLY I do not know how to blog properly. Or (more likely) I have issues “opening […]
After futzing around for about 3 years designing stuff JUST FOR ME!!!!, I released my first patterns to the public and there’s the birth of STFA.