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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

She Couldn't Stop

One time, Mom was taking her daily nap in the family room when she let out a large snore that awakened her. "I woke up in the middle of it," she said, "but I couldn't get it to stop." I feel that was all the best. Given the intensity of the snore, her head might have exploded trying. Recommended... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

That Was Confusing

In the last entry of this series, I alluded to the fact that Phil Ribiero was disorganized in his running of the Methods of Teaching Social Studies. Here is one such example. One of our assignments was for each of the eight groups of two to do a presentation on a discipline of social studies. Each... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

99.9%

"Do you think the KKK is in South Korea?" Brian Gabber asked me one time. "No," I said. "Why not?" he asked. "I don't think a Klansman would live at a country that is 99.9% Asian," I explained. Recommended Reading He Caught a Bug http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/MyEducationExperience/808617 Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Jam-Packed

One of the reasons my peers did not like Phil Ribiero was because of how he ran the jammed-packed Methods of Teaching Social Studies. Eight pairs of students were expected to teach two fifty minute lessons, a twenty minute lesson and give a ten minute presentation on a social science discipline, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Even Sneezes

One time, I was with Dad when he sneezed. Dad sneezes in pairs, so I waited for the second sneeze to come. It never came. When I saw Ann later that day, I told her, "I was with Dad and he only sneezed once." "Well, I saw him before you did," said Ann. "He sneezed three times. His sneeze with you... Sign in to see full entry.

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