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	<description>~Tim blathers, prints, repeats....</description>
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		<title>Germ of an Idea</title>
		<link>http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/2010/08/19/germ-of-an-idea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of all those teachers and students returning to classrooms this fall here is an update of a story I published on another site a couple years ago. I&#8217;m wondering what it would be like if we saw our teachers more like we see our doctors&#8230; young children would receive some basic instruction in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I, Teach</title>
		<link>http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/2010/03/09/i-teach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/?p=2533</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I am a teacher and a repeat offender,&#8221; I said with conviction. Tried, convicted, sentenced. I serve my sentence [grammatically correct, of course] within these walls painted institutional green and ply my trade from the inside. And I count the days until June.]]></description>
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		<title>The Well of Lost Souls</title>
		<link>http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/2010/01/20/the-well-of-lost-souls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/?p=2387</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently found a student ID in the cafeteria and went this afternoon to the media center to turn it in. As I handed the card to the clerk she exclaimed, &#8220;A lost soul!&#8221; and began looking up the student&#8217;s schedule on the computer. As I turned to leave I heard another clerk chime in, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exchange Rate</title>
		<link>http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/2009/08/26/exchange-rate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/2009/08/26/exchange-rate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/?p=1471</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a conversation this morning that started like this: Administrator: Good morning! How are you? Me: Peachy! Administrator: Oh, I wish I could say that. Me (pausing a half-beat and then deciding what the hell): I wish I were telling the truth&#8230;. The first week of school is always stressful. You&#8217;ve heard the aphorism, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Op&#8230; Wait for it&#8230; timism</title>
		<link>http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/2009/08/24/op-wait-for-it-timism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/?p=1464</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, the first day of classes went fairly well. There were two [imo major] snags &#8212; one completely out of our control [a district-wide computer network failure late in the day] and one I attribute to administrative amnesia [allotting the shortest time to the class period with the most to get done]. I ended the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lesson Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/2009/08/20/lesson-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/?p=1450</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Students return on Monday. I am adopting Napoleon&#8217;s Battle Plan1,2: First we show up. Then we see what happens. Whew! Now what am I going to do with all the rest of my prep time????]]></description>
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		<title>YoS</title>
		<link>http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/2009/05/21/yos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 02:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/?p=1232</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What one of my colleagues refers to as the Year of Suck, an especially difficult and frustrating school year, is coming to a close. Senior exams are finished and graduation is tomorrow Doh! &#8212; graduation is next Friday. See how tired I am? [for most of them]. We have another week with underclassmen before their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DHMO Danger</title>
		<link>http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/2008/12/02/dhmo-danger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All of the following statements about hydroxic acid (DHMO) are absolutely true and independently verifiable: It is a colorless and odorless chemical compound Its atomic components are found in a number of caustic, explosive and poisonous compounds such as Sulfuric Acid, Nitroglycerine and Ethyl Alcohol It is a primary constituent of acid rain It contributes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Debate Evolves</title>
		<link>http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/2008/09/15/a-debate-evolves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/?p=693</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently read a discussion here that was spurred by a New York Times article there. I read only a fraction of the hundreds of comments on the NYT article and, as expected, they were not all as polite or well-stated. I am tolerant of other people&#8217;s beliefs, but I bristle when they believe that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thy Name is Folly</title>
		<link>http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/2008/09/08/thy-name-is-folly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.timvansant.com/otoh/2008/09/08/thy-name-is-folly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It looks like Hurricane Ike is going to miss Central Florida. Of course, the Gulf coast area where it seems to be headed doesn&#8217;t need it any more than we do. The other night someone told me that if her son Kyle is any indication then Hurricane Kyle is likely to be the most destructive [...]]]></description>
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