May 2008 - Posts
A student is accused of spiking a teacher's drink with eye drops to get even with the teacher for suspending one of his friends. The threats had been in the wind days before the incident. When I first read this, I thought there had to
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Okay, I think I want to go back and give teaching science another try. I'm afraid I might be overdoing it with all of the websites lately, but if you have a minute, check out stellarium.org and take a look at a free open source planetarium for your
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I learn more from reading other blogs than I do from listening to the news. Jeff's post ( The Thinking Stick) led me to the World Wide Telescope project launched by Microsolft this week. Oh, my! This looks better than a Mars bar for
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As college graduates grapple for interviews for the jobs of their dreams, they might want to look in the mirror and practice their interviewing skills. A list of top ten mistakes made on interviews might surprise even the most seasoned of interviewers.
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I recently posted a list of the five most popular books per grade level. If you are looking for a new twist to add zest to existing novel units, try literature cyber guides . I found this site when I was reading Pat's blog and gave it a "look see" as
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The wacky world of baseball is upon us again, and this season finds us as busy as ever watching our younger grandson play tee ball for the first time and our older grandson demonstrate the skills he has been learning for the last few years. Oh,
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A Seattle teacher who opposed the state mandated test refused to administer the test to his students even though he knew his actions might cost him his job. A Seattle teacher is spending two weeks on leave without pay for refusing to give the Washington
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I'm not sure how long Hillary is going to hang in there, but I do think that she is one determined woman. If you would like to check out what the three candidates are saying about NCLB, teacher pay, and higher education affordability, click here
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Most teachers I know have closets and shelves full of sweet gifts from students. Coffee mugs, earrings, ABC pins, perfume, more coffee mugs, etc. Personally, I loved the handwritten notes. They were easy to save, and I still enjoy reading
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After posting a list of the five most read books per grade level, my sister called with one of those "get over there quick" messages about a warehouse book sale put on my Scholastic Inc. I immediately changed my afternoon plans and was
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Children have welcomed the Harry Potter books in recent years like free ice cream in the cafeteria, but the nation's largest survey ever of youthful reading shows that the works of Dr. Seuss, E.B. White, Judy Blume, S.E. Hinton and Harper Lee are still
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After reading JTSpencer's post about chocolate helping teachers through stressful times, and Joel's post about writing a post with a list for his Blog Revolution, I decided to share my recipe for Hot Fudge Sauce. This recipe was given to me
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A lot of my friends have been talking about the 80 year old teacher from Irving who is still teaching. When her picture and story appeared in the paper, one friend shared that she initially thought the woman was a volunteer. Mrs. Martin, a
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When I was in college, I always found something to occupy my time if the lesson didn't interest me. I seldom caused trouble and was only reprimanded once when a professor noticed that I was reading a magazine in class. For the most part, I
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My grandsons are still young enough to think of their teachers as people who are a notch above everyone else. If they see their teachers outside of school, it is a really big deal. Sometimes I joke with them about inviting their teachers and principals
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Today's paper has pictures of parents drawing encouraging pictures on sidewalks in an effort to alleviate some of the stress students feel about the TAKS tests. Some schools bring in special music, pencils, dancing bears, etc. All of it is aimed at getting
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