Levine's Life Lessons

    It's often been said that those who can't do teach, and those who can't teach anything teach gym, but what the haters fail ...

      Even though I am back in New York after a week down south, my skin is still tan and I remember fondly the blue skies of Florida whi...

                 Its 3 a.m. Florida time. I'm resting on the infamous guest bed whose huge bar is slowly making an indentation in my ...

                    Pet peeves.  We've all got them, or at least many of us do.  For example, when did it get so popular to use ...

                     There are morons and then there are oxymorons. Sometimes they are related.   I don't know if any of my readers ...

           I've enjoyed exploring many of Long Island's beautiful rivers.  One in particular the Nissequogue, is my favorite. I...

                Anyone who has seen the film The Butler or The Help knows that sometimes the people who work for us see us as we truly a...

         Rabbi E. told another story about a 2008 girl’s college softball team championship game.   Central Washington University and...

           We spend a lot of time at our jobs.  In many ways they are like a second family.  In my case more like a dysfunctional second ...

                     Several ago when my nieces where about five or six, I was asked if I wanted to go with them to the movies.  I have al...

  Rabbi E. once told us about a time when he went to a Jewish cemetery to help with a burial.  In the past, he has helped...

           The rabbi at my temple has told many memorable sermons over the years. In particular, he usually pulls out all the stops...

     Prank 3: “The Custodian?”:  In my school, students are required to wear gym uniforms with our school’s logo on it.  In the past, w...

          My co-worker G. is a good guy.  Formerly a Phys. Ed. teacher, and currently one of our coaches.  We used to call him “Blockhe...

      Prank 2: “The letter”:   Another colleague of mine, Chris, is another terrific person who has been through his share of ups and...

Pranks. They sound so juvenile. So much like middle school antics, but in the Physical Education department in my school they are al...

         few years ago I went hiking with some co-workers. Our destination was Mt. Washington,  New Hampshire, the hi...

Growing up in suburban long island there wasn’t a lot to do on the weekends. Unfortunately few of my friends had girlfriends so we sp...

            About twenty years ago, my friend Andy once went to Egypt on vacation. He made the mistake however of staying at a two star ...