Dear Pink-Slipped Teacher, It's been almost twenty years since I received my first, and only, pink slip, but every single time I see a...

Dear Teacher in a Parent Conference, As if the day couldn’t be any worse, now this foolishness. It’s not that we don’t love or respect...

Dear Kindergarten Teacher, Five years old was a long, long time ago. I remember my kindergarten teacher’s name: Mrs. Nalty. Beyond that,...

Dear Overeducated Teacher, I took a creative writing course in college. My instructor was a bit of a fruitcake. No offense to fruitcakes,...

Dear Teacher in Bed before Dark, There was a time in my life when Friday night was for partying. And by partying, I am, of course,...

Dear Fourth Quarter Teacher, I love football. Unnaturally so, to be truthful. My favorite part of any game is when the fourth quarter...

Dear Teacher Who Notices Sunsets, I keep revisiting the picture of tonight’s sunset to see if I can drum up an adequate description....

Dear Disappointed Teacher, You thought it would work. It didn’t. You thought it was a good idea. Turns out, it wasn’t. You tried...

Dear Teacher with Sunday Night Blues, Years ago, my husband and I (both teachers) began the open acknowledgment of “Sunday Night Blues.”...

Dear Teacher Who Brings Doughnuts, Her arms are carrying plastic bags filled with everything a student needs to be successful on the...

Dear Teacher Running on Empty, Ever had that low fuel light come on while heading home from work? Could anything be more annoying, except...

Dear Honest Teacher, All I can say is thank God for the teachers who tell the truth in love. The ones who don’t sugarcoat reality when...

Dear Busy Teacher, In order to understand how busy a teacher is, you would have to be one. Admittedly, I have never worked in another...

Dear Resurrection Teacher, Second to someone in the medical profession, I think teachers understand Easter better than most. For years,...

Dear Reflective Teacher, Kenny Chesney's song, "I'd done a lot of things different," was not written as an ode to teachers, but it could...

Dear Accountable Teacher, Teachers love the word “accountable.” We toss out the phrase, “Hold kids accountable,” like it’s grape...

Dear EXHAUSTED Teacher, E is being Extremely annoyed by Every little thing today X is for Xylophone because every teacher knows nothing...

Dear Teacher Who Endures, A man went out to plow a field. His first day on the job, he surveyed the barren, empty, land. He removed his...

Dear Charlie Brown Teacher, If you’ve ever watched Charlie Brown, you know what Charlie Brown’s teacher sounds like. As any fan of the...

Dear Teacher Who Jumps Hurdles, My son’s Star Wars backpack has a frayed strap, as in, barely hanging on, but as any parent knows, it is...