Education
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24. Memories of childhood education
below: a photo of my old elementary school, circa 1968. Teachers Were Students Once I thought…
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23. The Lump Family
subtitled: an allegory featuring children who were never disciplined properly Educating and raising kids is a…
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20. Language School
One of my most recent teaching jobs has been at a private language school in Florida…
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13. Kindness in the Classroom (Make America Kind Again)
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about being born in the U.S.A. What are the qualities…
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11. Starting Over (Random Thoughts about a New School Year)
Every school year is a new beginning when you’re a teacher, and of course when you’re…
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10. Speech and Debate (How Becoming A Debate Coach Changed My Life and How One of my Best Students Disappeared from The Earth)
Dedicated to the memory of Jorge Herrera (1981-2011) During about my third year teaching high school,…
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6. Politics in the Classroom (How Can a Teacher Represent The State when The State is Evil)
If you’re like me, you may have had a visceral reaction to the images above: it…