Author Archives: stephanielowden

 I am glad that Wisconsin received a waiver from No Child Left Behind. I sincerely hope that the new approach will work.  I have, however, some concerns. As an educator, I was taught the Piaget method in regard to how … Continue reading →

Submission: an act of submitting to the authority or control of another. Remember Star Trek-Next Generation? The Borg were an all powerful cybernetic race that consumed the “raw material” of planets.   I just submitted two manuscripts recently.  I couldn’t help … Continue reading →

This is the essay that won first place in the Go Big Read contest.  All entries were to express a reaction to the book, Enrique’s Journey.            “I just want to be with my mother.”  It is the plaintive cry of the … Continue reading →

Ok. So, Wednesday, I take a sub job with a kindergarten.  I get a lot of those because a lifetime ago when I was working on my elementary education degree I took extra credits to be certified to teach the … Continue reading →

“I remember the day they burned the German books.”  It was the mid nineteen eighties and I was recording my mother’s memories of her childhood.  My mother was in her seventies and she was in the midst of some of … Continue reading →

I check in at school at 7:15. Today I’m teaching twenty kindergardeners while their own teacher tests each one individually in another room.  Yes, even kinders have to be tested twice a year. The teacher explains that one of the … Continue reading →

Welcome to my blog. GoLowd is a combination of my maiden name and my married name. Furthermore, I am kinda’ loud. I’ll be writing about my love of substitute teaching (really, I’m serious), writing, history, and gardening, with a wee … Continue reading →