My Education Experience

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Rich with Perspectives

Methods of Teaching Social Studies was one of the few courses I took at Loyola College that was open to undergraduate and graduate students. Therefore, the ages of my peers and I ranged from nineteen through fifty-seven. Half of the sixteen member class were undergraduate students while the obvious... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Lamborghini

Brian Gabber's second grade teacher was Ms. Lambor. Of course, I just had to refer to her as Ms. Lamborghini during my tutoring sessions with him, which always elicited cute little kid admonishment from Brian. "She's not a car," he would say. One day, he said to me, "I would like to thank you." "Oh,... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

More Than the Facts

It was all about the facts. Going into the Spring 2007 Semester, when I took Phil Ribiero's Methods of Teaching Social Studies, I felt that teaching was all about getting the students to remember as many facts possible about the subject matter. I even had a debate with Ida Drimburg from Teaching... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Freaking Genius

A few weeks ago, Brian Gabber was writing a one paragraph essay for one of his classes. "This looks way too short," he said. "I need it longer, but I cannot think of anything to add." I myself could not think of anything else for Brian to add. I had nothing with which to prompt him with. I had a... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Slug

"Everybody come on over," Uncle Richard said. "I got a story to tell you all." The occasion was a small family get together about a dozen years ago at Mom's house. Besides Uncle Richard, Aunt Sandra, Cousin Amanda, Mom, sister Ann and I were there. Dinner had been eaten. The adults were getting... Sign in to see full entry.

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