Wednesday, June 15, 2016
George Jakubek and I were supposed to teach a mini lesson on Pietra Rivoli's The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power and Politics of the World Trade. The lesson based off of a mouthful of a title was to be taught to our Methods of Teaching Social... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Not the Only One Anymore
There was a time (before I was born) where my house was the only one on the street with a garage. My unattached garage was built with the house in 1955. For twenty-five years, having the only garage was the case. Then in 1980, Casimiro built his house with an attached garage, and other houses... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
When Everybody Stared at Me
There were two times at Loyola College when I had people staring at me as though I had two heads. Both of them were in Phil Ribiero's Methods of Teaching Social Studies and happened during political discussions. Phil Ribiero was doing an exercise where we talked in small groups. The War in Iraq came... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, June 2, 2016
The Avenue
There is an avenue in my neighborhood that connects four of the seven streets. The avenue could be extended to include the three southern streets it currently does not connect. The neighborhood overwhelmingly opposes it. At the northern end, the avenue is broken into two parts by a fence. On the... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
The Preacher of a Teacher
Phil Ribiero was preachy. That is the single biggest reason why most of my peers did not like him in Methods of Teaching Social Studies. Phil had a passion for social justice in the form of eradicating oppressive governments and policy. Each lesson taught by my peers and I had to do with social... Sign in to see full entry.