LACOE — Looking for a Special Ed Job

The Downey Central Office for LACOE stages just about everything, from the interviews to get you hired to professional development for staff, to employment convocations. The last time that I attended a metting in the Downey Office, I was contemplating whether I wanted...

"I Have Eighteen Hundred Kids!"

Please, come laugh with me a while! The Mural Listen to the story of the most arrogant, ignorant, and deep-down insecure administrator that ever crossed the threshold of a classroom.   Ms. F. — what a clown. At first, I thought that she commanded a degree...

Way to Go, Dan Quayle!

I wear their scorn as a badge of honor. — Vice President Dan Quayle discussing how he copes with criticism from the media elite, 6/9/92 (reported in Esquire, 8/92) I do not care  how anyone spells "potato", but I do care how people spell...

Lynwood: Hosler Middle School: Emotionally Disturbing

Could it have been any worse than the previous time, in January? Yes, indeed. The second class of emotionally disturbed students that I covered for, this class had articulate students, not autistic or suffering from mental retardation of any kind. But they were rude,...