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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Better Late Than Never

Back when I was in high school, in the early 2000s, I would carry on me a dollar in quarters in case I needed to make a phone call on the school's payphones. With phone calls at fifty cents, a dollar was good for two phone calls. The school did not allow cellphones, and I did not like cellphones,... Sign in to see full entry.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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