Education

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What would you say to a $35 computer? “Hello world” Sorry, for that bit of geek humor. But there really is a …

Tiberius arrived with a young man in tow five minutes before my office was scheduled to close. He always brings me the …

In honor of all those teachers and students returning to classrooms this fall here is an update of a story I published …

“I am a teacher and a repeat offender,” I said with conviction. Tried, convicted, sentenced. I serve my sentence [grammatically correct, of …

I recently found a student ID in the cafeteria and went this afternoon to the media center to turn it in. As …

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. This is an update of a post originally published on 21 November 2006. I garnered three new followers on …

26 September to 3 October 2009 is Banned Books Week, an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of …

I had a conversation this morning that started like this: Administrator: Good morning! How are you? Me: Peachy! Administrator: Oh, I wish …

So, the first day of classes went fairly well. There were two [imo major] snags — one completely out of our control …

Students return on Monday. I am adopting Napoleon’s Battle Plan1,2: First we show up. Then we see what happens. Whew! Now what …

Someone at the school where I teach [SWIT] had the brilliant idea to require all students to read the same book this …

I am on my feet a lot when I teach, moving around the room, answering questions [or not -- read the instructions!], …