A new school year, one week in
Yesterday ended the first week with students at my new school. On Monday we had only freshmen so they could begin to learn their way around the building, and on Tuesday the rest of our students (except for those whose families decided to take an extra week of summer) arrived. Since our classes are 90 minutes, every other day on an A-Day / B-Day schedule, that means I have had classes with studen
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My only reaction to this is yet again UGH!
and I cannot help but think that we justify our doing things for which we condemn others. From Foreign Policy: Exclusive: CIA Files Prove America Helped Saddam as He Gassed Iran I am not going to attempt to parse this. You can read it on your own. I will do only this much, offering these two snips: In 1988, during the waning days of Iraq's war with Iran, the United States learned through satell
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Saturday morning - another reflection on teaching
which may seem a little premature. After all, I do not see students until next week. This was teacher planning week, full of meetings, setting up the classroom, making copies, and even planning. I am back in my role as a classroom teacher. I will have 6 classes, each of which will meet alternate days for 90 minutes, a new pattern for me, one requiring me to totally rethink even lessons which hav