As it turns out, teachers hate the task of sharpening pencils, not to mention the wood shavings rivaled only by ashes spewing from an erupting volcano. It’s one of the innumerable unspoken realities elementary teachers live with in their layers of multi-multi-multi-tasking every single day, like throw up and bloody noses, teeth pulling, etc. My husband, James, aka, “Mr. Wallace”, said his third grade class alone will go through about 800 pencils before Christmas. This year he is trying a combo […]
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