Every single August for at least a decade I feel the same way. Bummed the summer is ending. Wishing I could live amongst big mountains. And excited about returning to school. Talk about bittersweet. Man, I feel like I'm living a tug-o-war.
Hence, my bad attitude lately. I'm a curmudgeon - a word a didn't even know how to spell until right now. Like one second ago now.
Part of the problem is I spent my summer living like this photo below in Western North Carolina, chasing waterfalls, and swimming in that state's exhilarating rivers. Miss O agreed; western NC is delightful.
To get over my bad self, Jackie and I are going bananas and giving away our ebook for free. Yep, you heard me. F-R-E-E. Why? Because it was her idea and she's crazy. I'm a curmudgeon (which I just had to look up again to spell correctly). And, it is the beginning of the school year. If there is one thing we educators need to transition from summer to back-to-school, it is good ideas and some ease. Our ebook is full of good ideas and ease (Oh, my! Now, I am an arrogant curmudgeon). But really, our ebook is full of 50+ teaching strategies to easily use with kids, teens and adults.
Please go download our ebook for free. It would decrease my bad attitude and would make the school year for you (or an educator you know) less bad attitude-y and more awesome. To do so, go to www.hellostrategies.com and add an ebook to your cart. Then, use this code to score it for free:
LETTHEFUNBEGIN2016 (expires August 21st, 2016)
If you don't teach, but know someone who does, please share this blog post with them. We need less curmudgeons in the world - especially curmudgeons who work as educators. Can you think of a worse combination - a curmudgeon who teaches?!
Oh, my -
Jen
