How long do you hold onto a pen?  Just enough to write with it?  Does it even slip out of your hand WHILE you’re writing with it and you have to pick up a new to just finish what you’re writing?  I have to admit that I am like the Hugh Hefner of pens.  I … More Monogamous Pens?

I title this for the reason that scavengers don’t just find things, but they generally use them or eat them (in the animal world at least).  I have a few students that have a habit of consuming the things that we civilized folk would generally term non-consumable.  I am talking about the infamous “booger.”  We’ve … More Nasal Scavenger

I had a student ask me lately, “Mr.G, are you supposed to know everything after confirmation?  Should I have a really good grasp on my faith and really get it?  Because, I’m not sure I’m there or even close.  I’m just confused even more than I was before.”  I struggled with this for a moment, … More Divine Inspiration

Sometimes I randomly play little riffs on my guitar that I make up in the hallways, chapel, my classroom, during tests, well…whenever I’m holding onto my guitar that is… Well, one day while the second graders were getting in a circle for a music game, I just pulled off a little riff and Tommy says … More another quote from "tommy"

Have I told you my students are creative? Well, one of them proved this once again by a comment that had me rolling the other day… I walked out of my office in the music room at school before second grade music time and the kids were already sitting on the risers for me to … More Rock ‘n Roll Teacher