The Kneighborhood of Knowledge

I know I’ve put 2 other Pawleys Island commercials up here, but the creators of this one have been stalking the site all the way from Germany.  Here it is girls…your masterpiece!!!

olivia-and-kristen

Plus… Olivia is one of the only students who started a blog and actually updates it regularly.  Nice Job Olivia!!

Well…I’ve spent two years of my life in a middle school in South Carolina.  They were the best of times and the worst of times…actually…the were the worst of times and then the best of times…

My first year in the school was also my first year teaching.  Now I know every teacher will tell you that their first year was the toughest, but I think mine took the cake.  Yes it was tough.  No my classroom management was not good.  Yes there was something in the water the year this group of kids were born.  Some days I dreaded going to school…class.  The only thing that kept me going that first year were my colleagues.

And then my second year came.  This year came equipped with a laptop, projector, and handheld interwrite board.  Without these new weapons, my life might have taken a different path.  With these three little beauties, I could control the attention span of a 13-year old.  I revamped my classroom policies and expectations…and I must say…I had a better year. But then again, there must have been something GOOD in the water the year this crop of kids were born, because there were major differences.  You can only blame classroom management for so long…

I truly did enjoy the company of my colleagues.  I can only hope that the next school I am involved in has a group of teachers and administrators like the bunch that I have come to know.  I will miss you.

OH…and much love to teacher munchie day…I will miss you too.  Oh how I loved the first Tuesday of every month.

For those that would like to help…I’ll be accepting interviews all summer.  North Jersey only…South Jersey need not apply.

I’m writing this post from my cell phone as I wait outside a New York City apartment complex. I’m waiting for my wife who is in a meeting. Technology is cool enough to do this. I still wish I had the iphone, but I can wait until verizon carries it.

Wow…with an ever increasing readership, these radio commercials are gaining popularity.  I’m up to 4 listeners!!  Here’s another Pawleys Island commercial.  Another example of the perfect background music for a commercial.

Pawleys Island - maddie-and-haley

Here’s another fun example of our end of the year radio commercials.  Pretty soon I’m going to have to write about something other than these radio commercials.

Pawleys Island -  chanan

I beg to differ on this one, but apparently Rock Hill is a very decent place.  They missed The Oratory and that one Beef O’Brady’s knock off that had the superb chicken fingers and quesadillas.  (If you don’t know what sarcasm is, please re-read that second sentence.)

Rock Hill - mccall-and-jess