Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
Short stories. No annoying ads. No mercenary pitches. Just stories to warm your heart. Vetted published articles/tales/short stories (L.A.Times, Newsweek, Seattle Times, Teacher Magazine, Chicken Soup, Miami Herald, etc.) by Paul H.Karrer about: Kids, Teachers, Parents, Education, Korea, Incarceration, Samoa, Peace Corps, New Zealand, California, Connecticut, Teaching, Dogs, Chess, Multicultural Marriage, Foods-real or imagined and more. Most are light-hearted.
Episodes
155 episodes
Slavery at Sea and Tuna
The author reads an article he had published about slavery at sea and the tuna industry.
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Season 1
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Episode 155
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5:43
When Alzheimers Can Be A Good Thing
The author and his sister deal with a difficult mother who changes for the better due to Alzheimers.
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Episode 154
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5:47
Jury Duty
The author explains some realities of Jury Duty and he has some recommendations,
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Season 1
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Episode 153
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5:12
I'm On A Roll
Author describes his dislike for skate-boardering until he tries it.
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Season 1
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Episode 152
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3:38
A Day at School #3. (Survival at school in poetry)
The author reads 3 poems about survival at an elementary school. The BullyThe HandBathroom Stalls
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Season 1
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Episode 151
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2:13
A Day At School - short poems p6-9
The author reads 4 very short rhyming verse poems about the realities of elementary school. All have a kicker on the end. A riddle, puzzle or comment.p.6. The Ridep.7 Reading Hurts My Headp.8 Numbersp.9 What Am I?
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Season 1
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Episode 150
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2:43
A DAY AT SCHOOL (From a kids' perspective - poetry)
A DAY AT SCHOOL is simple rhyming verse about well...a day at school. Humorous and each short poem has a kicker, problem, riddle or final say at the end. About a minute in length each - a read 3 at a time.
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Season 1
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Episode 149
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2:18
Question for a Cleric
A child asks a question about lives...and cats.
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Season 1
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Episode 148
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1:54
Could the Creator Ever Make Another Thing as Grand as That? (Short Poem)
The author reads a super short poem he published with a clever whimsical twist at the end. Fits right in with TEACHER TAILS. And if you admire humming birds even better.
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Season 1
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Episode 147
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1:31
Why My Student Cries When It Rains (Migration Issues)
The author notices one of his female students cries when it rains. He asks why and finds out her parents work the fields. He also discovers many other things about her and her 6 year old brother.
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Season 1
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Episode 146
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3:46
Interview With Scientific Skeptic - Susan Gerbic
The author interviews Susan Gerbic - a Scientific Skeptic. She debunks psychics, mediums, fortunetellers, soothsayers, astrologers, etc. The New York Times (Feb. 2019) wrote an article about her revealing a fraudulent celebrity psychic. S...
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Season 1
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Episode 145
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28:46
A Teacher Reveals His Border Crossing at Age 6
A teacher reveals his own border crossing at age 6. His Coyote (A cousin) is offered two bags of groceries for the crossing
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Season 1
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Episode 142
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8:48
- Walking to North Korea. - A Refugee's Story
The author sits next to a Korean grandma during Thanksgiving. She reveals how as a 17 year old she fell in love with a North Korean soldier. She details how her family fled north and then back south. Also, how she survived being machine-g...
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Episode 141
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12:35
Fishing In Prison
The author is told by a former student, now an inmate, in Level 4 Maximum Security - HOW TO GO FISHING IN PRISON. The inmate was in solitary confinement for 7 years
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Season 1
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Episode 140
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8:25
A Gun-Owning Teacher Against Teachers Having Guns in Schools
The author a multiple gun owner had this published in the L.A.Times. He's against Teachers having guns in schools.
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Season 1
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Episode 139
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7:20
Ghost Kids - When a Teacher Notices an Invisible Child - Tales from the 5th Grade
The author assigns his 5th grade class to write about something they HAD to do. And one shy, silent boy opens up. In the process he breaks his teacher's heart, but now the teacher understands.
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Episode 138
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7:02
A Former 5th Grade Student, Prison and a Game of Chess
The author had this article published in the L.A.Times. He tells of a favorite student incarcerated at age 14 for 9 attempted murders. This is a student he taught chess. The former student and teacher play one game of chess for nearly three yea...
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Season 1
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Episode 137
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14:52
Ghenghis Khan's Grandma
The author has a drink with a friend and learns the guy's mother-in-law shot her toilet dead. She's a tough old bird. She doesn't like her son-in-law and he doesn't like her. She's Mongolian. He's Czech. Makes for a very interesting social inte...
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Season 1
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Episode 136
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8:49
Thanksgiving Day Confusion - A 3rd grade teacher's attempt at explaining the meal - Humorous
A 3rd grade teacher attempts to explain Thanksgiving to her non-native English speakers and a lot is lost and confused in translation. (Humorous)
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Season 1
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Episode 135
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5:51
5th Grade Class Hijacks St. Patrick's Day Lesson
The author's 5th-grade class completely hijacks (most wonderfully) a lesson about St. Patrick. (Originally published in the L.A. Times by author) https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-03-17/history-st-patrick-day-fift...
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Episode 134
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7:41
I Have OCD. My Wife is a Hoarder. How Do We Manage?
My article was published in the L.A. Times and it got a lot of attention. The T.V. programmer for the Tamara Hill Program wanted to interview my wife and me on their T.V. Program. Listen to why I HAD to say..."No Thank You". Pretty funny....
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Season 1
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Episode 133
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8:29
RFK Jr. The Measle-Weasel of The S. PACIFIC (Samoa)
RFK Jr. the anti-vaxxer showed up in Samoa after 2 nurses mixed the wrong mixture in measle shots. Two children died. Kennedy immediately blamed the vaccine...many deaths occurred soon after because people were not vaccinated due to Kennedy's i...
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Episode 132
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4:53
Swimming to a Shark
The author inadvertently swims TO a shark. He also mis-judges some very nice kids. Hint- never swim alone.
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Season 1
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Episode 131
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9:36
