Student ownership and personal accountability for learning is less strong today than it was even five years ago. At my former school, which is a progressive school and where I taught for six years, personal accountability and student ownership for learning were fundamental components of the school’s philosophy. Therefore, it was much easier for me [...]
Last evening on my way home from school, I stopped at the supermarket to pick up some things, including turkey sausage for dinner. $19.95 was the grand total. I said to myself, “Wow! I did well today.” Upon returning to my car, I took the receipt out of my purse, and contemplated the situation. Something [...]
Graham Wegner over at Teaching Generation Z asked me about the specific world-famous photo to which I referred in my previous post re: Bloody Sunday. I thought there was a photo, so I stand corrected. Actually, it is film footage of the marchers being rushed by Alabama state troopers. The state troopers proceeded to tear [...]
About three weeks ago, my mother informed me that the news from my father’s doctor was not good: Dad would have to undergo an angiogram. Dad underwent a stress test, and after only a few minutes, needed to stop the treadmill. A CAT-SCAN revealed blocked arteries.
How much can this poor guy take I wondered [...]
Wednesday, March 7th, will commemmorate the 42nd anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
I was not able to upload the world-famous photo, as it is protected by copyright, and not in the public domain.
I do know one thing: if it weren’t for Bloody Sunday, and the events which followed, I would not be in the public domain, blogging, [...]
I was so disappointed and frustrated with my first block Spanish 2 class on Thursday morning, and it showed. Not only did the majority of them bomb a quiz which simply required them to fill-in-the-blank with the correct verb form, but, they also failed to make the necessary connections on an in-class activity that I [...]
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