It’s not all about write, write, and write some more. Full disclosure, full transparency: I am not a full-time writer. Then why in the hell are you penning this piece? What gives me the gall, the utter audacity to discuss something I have not attained yet? I can be a…

I’ve been extremely fortunate to cultivate healthy professional relationships with principals and assistant principals who expressed compassion towards unexpected family situations. Unfortunately, not every educator can say the same. Some admin have acted extremely totalitarianly. When you give certain humans some power, their ego explodes. They may not necessarily be…

The quick answer is no. But there’s a good reason for that. Software engineers solve big, complicated problems that only knowing HTML and CSS won’t cut the mustard. These code ninjas either are proficient at a small stack of programming languages or have gone extremely deep on one, such as…

That’s right. Don’t be offended. The stark gentleman you see in the thumbnail is becoming the norm and not the exception in a Title I(one) school environment. For the uninitiated, a school is identified as Title I when its community has a “high concentration of students from low-income homes.” Another…

Teaching is hard. As TikTok continues to poison young minds with propaganda, poor political messaging, and mind-numbing entertainment, students are becoming more challenging to teach. The amount of effort needed to compete against the sort of stimulation a smartphone provides is becoming increasingly challenging. It’s your blood, sweat, and tears…

Using this will definitely have All Eyez on You. If you do not know who Tupac Shakur is by now, then here’s a rabbit hole you can go down to learn more about the prolific writer. Yes, I said writer, as he was a poet laureate before ever becoming a…

Ah, yes. Writers and YouTube. The living embodiment of oil and water. Watching YouTube wastes time as it steals precious time from an author's first love: the writing craft. Not my words. It’s the sentiment of more established, cranky old-school writers. Watching YouTube is one thing, but making videos? You’re…

I’ll never recover one red cent. Since 2015, I’ve had an Aweber subscription. Problem is that I didn’t know what to do with the bloody service. This is a result of my taking internet experts' advice unwarranted. “You need an email list!” Sincerely every online business guru. So that’s what…

I have 4 books under my belt. I praise the Lord Jesus Christ for the skills, works, ideas & opportunities. Q the Emotion by DeShaun L. Johnson 2013 — A Collection of Poetry made for one audience member: my wife. I’m grateful for the experience because it broke me into…