by Bill Croskey | May 27, 2019 | Croskey's Corner
Croskey’s Corner: Endurance In my first year of teaching, I taught social studies with Mrs. Donahue, a woman who was in her last year in the profession. She had been a friend of my Mom’s for 25 years. My first impression of this veteran was that she was...
by Bill Croskey | Apr 25, 2019 | Croskey's Corner
Croskey’s Corner: Sincerity Spoiler Alert! I am going to give away the ending of a movie on the American Film Institute’s “100 Years…100 Movies” List. Number 31, The Maltese Falcon, is a detective story about murder and loyalty (or DISloyalty) to...
by Bill Croskey | Mar 25, 2019 | Croskey's Corner
When educators gather to discuss having babies, like the rest of the world, the conversation turns to prospective names. But, if you have been in education for a while, like me, you may have run into what I call the “name disqualification game.” Teacher A says, “I was...
by Bill Croskey | Jan 25, 2019 | Croskey's Corner
At least since Sleepless in Seattle, and no doubt long before, Americans have taken an interest in that city’s Pike Place Fish Market. Scenes of fish flying (being thrown, actually) through the air, performances with fish as ventriloquist dummies, these and...
by Bill Croskey | Dec 26, 2018 | Croskey's Corner
It’s 8:30 in the morning. You’ve just logged on to your computer. You open up your e-mail, check your Facebook page, glance at the news on MSNBC, play a little Solitaire, check back with your e-mail, take a phone call (while reading a posting on Facebook), answer a...
