A Bit of Luck
Image via Wikipedia Any teacher will tell you the first week of school is draining. No matter how prepared and experienced you are getting used to a new schedule, learning new names and really figuring...
View ArticleWeird
I had a weird experience in class on Friday. As I was teaching, a young woman with big pink glasses walked into my class. She told me she needed a native speaker to review a speech she was writing. I...
View ArticleTally of Shame
Cheat It Up, Cheatin’ Cheater! (Photo credit: Mr_Stein) It’s the last week of my semester. Unfortunately, the academic honesty rates are soaring. I caught 5 people cheating on the exam. One in the...
View ArticleMidterms & Cheating
I offer the YouTube on cheating as I give my midterm tests today. I tried so hard to make it unnecessary and impossible to cheat. We practiced a lot for the test in class. There are no surprises in...
View ArticleThe First Week
Our first week back at was last week and it was sheer pandemonium and chaos. That’s always the case, but this was more so. On Tuesday there was confusion over a classroom that two classes thought they...
View ArticleCee’s Black & White Photo Challenge
Each week Cee challenges bloggers to share black and white photos based on a theme. This week we’re challenged to share photos of the back of anything. I’ve found a photo of the back of a school boy’s...
View ArticleHate that Cat
Sharon Creech’s Hate that Cat is a super quick read, perfect if you have a book report due tomorrow and hadn’t started a book. Though Creech’s Walk Two Moons is among my favorite novels for children,...
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