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The Latest Fruit Computer

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

The Next Generation

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

Germ of an Idea

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

I, Teach

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

The Well of Lost Souls

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

Exchange Rate

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

Op… Wait for it… timism

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

Lesson Plan

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

YoS

What one of my colleagues refers to as the Year of Suck, an especially difficult and frustrating school year, is coming to …

Teenager Audio Test

Well someone thinks I’m young! Either that or their claim that this sound can only be heard by young people is bogus. …