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Quote of the Day
Teacher hands out packets of primary sources to student pairs. These documents are on comparative slavery in 4 locations (Ottoman Empire, Haiti, Brazil, Swahili Coast) - all clearly labeled with the location names.
Teacher: “Ok, so we’ve looked at this with notes, and now you are going to analyze primary sources for the Trans-Atlantic slave trade ( Read more... ) -
School is canceled...
...due to weather. I know its inappropriate to be this gleeful, but at 6:35 I'm having a hard time caring. I will care more later with more sleep (when I can think about the consequences for my schedule.)
Back to bed. -
Quote of the Day
On teaching Renaissance artists:
Student: “Wow, it’s amazing how many of these artists are named after the ninja turtles.”
Teacher: “Yah, about that….” -
Interesting
Well there's nothing as fun as opening the front door to let the cat out and spying the three cop cars & police talking to someone on your lawn. -
New year status
I have 36 kids in a co-teach class, it's 101 outside, and the air conditioner in the building keeps going out. Other than that it's been a really smooth start to the year. The kids this year are.....sweet. Even the crazy humungous class isn't mean, just wild. (Put 15 kids in a room afterlunch and it's nuts. Put 36? 33 who are 15 year old males ( Read more... ) -
Quote of the Day
It's amazing what you find when you actually clear your desk.
Note: our school participates in the Korean Fulbright Exchange, where teachers of English in Korea spend 6 weeks in the states. They work with a university and a partner high school. It's a fab program -- I am one of the "host" teachers so I get to spend about two weeks introducing ( Read more... ) -
Quote of the Day
Student: "Ok, stop me if this is offensive."
Teacher: "You know, if you have to ask, it probably is. Let me see."
Teacher looks at paper.
Teacher: "Oh, wow."
Student: "Is it offensive?"
Teacher: "You could say that, yes."
Student: "So I can't use it?"
Teacher: "Over my cold dead corpse."
