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- A recently discovered DNA thread: forwarding news articles
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Tag Archives: sloppiness
Only then can the fun begin
by Mrs. Sabraw Good morning students, welcome to Room N-9. You may be wondering what the N stands for. Oh sure, you might think that just because this whole wing is the N-wing that N-9 refers to one room in … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st person, education, mentors, public schools, rules of the secondary classroom, sloppiness
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And look what the California Teachers’ Association has wrought…
by cheri block In the March 31st edition of The Economist magazine, Andreas Kluth wrote a piece that warmed my heart. Warmed it like a blow torch. Although the subject of his article is education here in California,the problems the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Writing and Teaching
Tagged English majors, public schools, sloppiness
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The Nerdy 58 Year Old Woman (4) : Day Two of my grammar class
On Thursday last, the second day of my grammar class, several of the shy students decided they weren’t shy anymore. This phenomenon happened right in the middle of my story about a time when the Nerdy Little 8th Grader was … Continue reading
Pepcid AC please or Nada
I had a miserable experience this week. And because I am a passionate person, the experience still sits in my gut as sour as curdled milk. In short, I visited a classroom at one of the top public high schools … Continue reading
I Have Bliss in my Gut
When I was a little girl, I developed a talent for blowing a bubble inside a bubble of pink elastic Bazooka Bubble Gum. If I added an additional hard square of gum to the rich material already processing up and … Continue reading
The Nail Polish Disaster
Rarely do I treat myself to a pedicure, especially after watching one of those Breaking News blurbs about ladies’ toes falling off because of unsanitary conditions at Nail Spas. However, on Friday last, my feet beckoned to me in tiny … Continue reading
Cleavage, Tattoo, and Pierce
In early America, settlers often named their children for attributes and virtues they valued. Names such as Grace, Patience, Chastity, and Hope were called out on the first day of school. Alas, such virtues are buried treasure today. Today names … Continue reading
The Screen Shop
First Published: October 5, 2005 Most of us know what the acronym CPR means, but how many of us know what TPR means? The properties of TPR (Taking Personal Responsibility) were made crystal clear to me last week when I … Continue reading
The Art of Note-Passing
When I was a 7th grader back in 1963, I remember how strict and mean some of my teachers were. There was to be NO TALKING in class; this rule meant big trouble for me, as my urge to talk … Continue reading
