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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Prune Juice

"Do you like prune juice?" Gary at The Agency asked me some years ago. "No," I said. "I like prunes but not prune juice. How about you?" "No, I don't like it," he said. He paused for a few moments. "I'm tired of having to shit all the time." Recommended Reading How It Started... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

The Time to Reflect

The time had come to write a written reflection on the flop of that was the India's Independence Lesson. I enjoy reflecting. Anyone who has read a fair amount of my blog entries may have already inferred that without my having said that. I enjoy analyzing other people, and myself, and the events we... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

The Sleepless Night

Every year, before the first day of school, I would have a sleepless night because I was so excited. I could not wait to go back to school. I would see many people for the first time in months. I looked forward to seeing familiar teachers and new ones. New school supplies were going to get used. I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

It Did Not Go Well

The lesson George Jakubek and I gave on India's Independence did not go well. The lesson was taught to our Methods of Teaching Social Studies peers back in March 2007. My memory has dimmed the specific events. However, I can supply in a general sense what went wrong. My nerves were so bad during the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Fourths and Halves

Through eighth grade, the grading periods were broken into four quarters. At my high school, the grading periods were two semesters, which is the norm in college. I preferred semesters to four grading periods. With quarters, there was not much room for error. A handful of bad grades could do in... Sign in to see full entry.

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