I hated English in high school. If there was one class I thought I’d never want to teach…it’s English. Reading was kind of boring, writing was a lot of work for little gain, and grading papers…no, no, no, no. Yet, here I am entering my 10th year of teaching at Collegiate, and I’m about toContinue reading “I’m a science teacher. Next year, I’m teaching a Science Fiction and Fantasy English class.”
Author Archives: Justin M. Siebert
A Year of Making Science Videos
A year ago, I sat in front of my computer, frustrated and on the verge of angry tears. The pandemic had become real a week earlier. My school closed its building, and we spent a week planning for fourth quarter “emergency online learning.” It was a fast transition, but one my school did well. WeContinue reading “A Year of Making Science Videos”
Curriculum notes from my first year teaching Anatomy & Physiology
A few weeks ago, clearing out some storage space filled with long-forgotten binders of notes from my education classes, PDs, and conferences, I stumbled across my notes from the first year I taught A&P. What I most remember was teaching myself the content over the weekend so I could teach it to my students theContinue reading “Curriculum notes from my first year teaching Anatomy & Physiology”
Six Steps to Starting a Podcast!
by Someone Who Has Never Started a Podcast Have you ever been in a class and wondered, “When will I actually use this in real life? Does anyone even need to need to know this?” Well, my friend Andy and I are starting a podcast to help answer the age-old question: “When will I needContinue reading “Six Steps to Starting a Podcast!”
First Day of Practice
The whole parking lot of the Glenview Community Center in Orange Mound is lined with campaign signs as my brother Darius rolls my wheelchair to the passenger door. “This shit sounds stupid,” I say. Darius raises an eyebrow as I pull myself into the chair. “I don’t know man, might be cool.” The physical therapistContinue reading “First Day of Practice”
Best Books I Read in 2019!
Hey! So, everybody’s doing these posts at the turn of the New Year, but you know what? People like reading them, as evidenced by the fact that you clicked on this post and the fact that: you clicked on this link, and more people read my Best Books I Read in 2018! post from lastContinue reading “Best Books I Read in 2019!”
I was on the Write Away Podcast! Critique Groups!
For about a year, I’ve been in a writing critique group with three other excellent folks who are also doing this whole writing thing. One of our members, Rae Harding, connected on Twitter with Natalie Lockett, a YA writer who recently started a writing podcast called “Write Away.” Natalie was recording a podcast on peerContinue reading “I was on the Write Away Podcast! Critique Groups!”
What Alice Would Say
“Do you want to go see your mommy today?” I ask. Madi squints her eyes up real tight like she does when she’s figuring something out. “I don’t know. It’s not very fun there.” Madi and I are both sitting on the couch. She has her copy of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom splayed out acrossContinue reading “What Alice Would Say”
Best Books I Read in 2018!
Hey! I read (or listened to on audiobook) a lot of books this year. Here are my top five! 5. Able-Bodied Like Me by Matt Glowacki I believe this is the first book I’ve ever read about disability. It’s just never been something that’s never interested me, reading-wise. I have my own beliefs about disability,Continue reading “Best Books I Read in 2018!”
Never Go to Bed Angry
I wrote this for the NYC Midnight flash fiction challenge the same weekend I was finishing “Haunted Mansions Are Never Wheelchair Accessible.” I almost gave up on this story because I wasn’t feeling the prompts (ghost story / walking trail / contact solution) and because of the Crippling Self-Doubt Monster, the terrifying, real-life antagonist inContinue reading “Never Go to Bed Angry”
