I spent over 30 years in the bottle and decided enough is enough. I brushed off all the other times my wife and others asked me to quit drinking. This time (almost two years ago now), I was done. I ...

During my first year of teaching, I had little clue what I was doing. I had no training, was on a temporary teacher’s license, and was thrown into this position after another educator left two weeks ...

I just finished my 66th, and last, semester of teaching high school English. A few years ago, as part of being a mentor to a new teacher, I wrote a letter to my first-year teaching self, then gave it ...

If you’re reading this, I’m guessing you’re either about to start your first year at Duke, or you’re a few weeks in and wondering what is going on. Either way: Hi. I was you not too long ago, and I’ve ...