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The New System: Reasonably Paid but Overworked.

September 18, 2019 admin 1 Comment

I know two teachers at the college level who have been offered full time non-tenure track positions called Lecturers for…

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testing 1,2,

August 25, 2019 admin Leave a comment

is there anybody out there?

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Gone but not Forgotten

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Alternative school teachers share one particular belief: the power of permission. Somehow, in some way, we have accepted the idea…

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At the Reunion

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I asked the persons at the reunion of the alternative school two weeks ago what they remembered best. The course…

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What is on Their Minds? A new kind of test

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Just beginning to emerge from teachers of advanced classes is an interesting kind of exam. The premise is an unusual…

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Not on the Same Train

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In relationships of all sorts there might be bugs to work out. This is true of student/teacher relationships as well…

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The MT Chair

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One concept we employed at the alternative school was called the MT Chair. It was a simple pun on empty…

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The Google Dilemma

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So many of this blog’s followers have written that it makes no sense that we are so far down the…

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The Speed of Life

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Is it me or does our world keep getting faster? Some people are dashing their way through life, anxious to…

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Framing

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Aristotle expected an aesthetic unity which he saw as vital to a well written work. Sometimes called organic, his idea…

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