Socrates on Today’s Youth
*Bill and Ted from Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure with Socrates So you’re worried about the youth of today? This seems to be a common concern throughout history. “The children now […]
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Is The World Too Much With You?
Everyday I see students enslaved to their phones continually updating a status, sending or receiving texts, or playing games. I could spend time lecturing them about how their overdependence on […]
You Could Have Said “Yes”
Once again the teacher is learning from the student. I never cease to be amazed by students and want to relay a story told by a National Honor Society officer […]
Why Writing is Important for non-English Majors
If there can be a National Ice Cream Day, National Sibling Day, National Coffee Day (which I celebrate daily), and National Bunsen Burner Day, why not have a National Writing […]
Why I Teach Books with Cursing and Sex (or Banned Books)
The Things They Carried Brave New World Of Mice and Men Walk in Room 128 on any given day, and my students could be reading these books. Add The Catcher in the […]
Is Failing Worse than Succeeding in Things that Don’t Matter?
Adults tend to think we will be the ones who teach children; after all we have the experience, wisdom, and age to back up what we know. Sometimes, however, we […]
The Cons of Building a College Resume
I laughed for a long time when I saw this tweet by Maureen Downey, the education writer for the AJC, but then these words stopped me dead in my tracks: “Will […]
What’s More Important – the Self or the Selfie?
Selfie: noun self·ie \ˈsel-fē\ an image of oneself taken by oneself using a digital camera especially for posting on social networks – Miriam Webster Dictionary The term selfie was added to the Miriam-Webster dictionary […]
The Power of Personal Evaluation at the End of the School Year
*This post was originally written for a profession site where I am a contributor, but I do feel that the questions are beneficial for parents, students, or families as a whole […]
To the Class of 2015 – Stay Young at Heart
College. Work. Bills. Relationships. Taxes. These are all things you will be facing in the next year as you take yet another step toward growing up. Growing up. The two […]
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