I ran across a passage today that I can't quote word-for-word, but it went something like this:  If we look at teaching as an art form, then good teaching is a happy accident.  If we look at teaching as a science, then good teaching can be replicated by most properly-trained individuals.

I'm not sure that this is entirely true...but I'm very certain ( Read more... )

That's it.  No fancy fonts or exclamation points or anything.  Just have a hell of a great time this year.  I intend to.  :)

Okay, so it's been just over a year since I posted last, having been very much immersed into Facebook land.  Just a quick scan reveals to me how much I've been missing -- status updates just aren't the same as reading LJ posts for thoroughness and clarity.  Okay, so LJ is going on my list of daily reading, again.  And, perhaps, daily posting.  ( Read more... )

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Okay...

1950's bathroom.
Pink toilet.
Pink bathtub.
Pink sink.
Glossy black counter.

Those are the things we cannot replace at this time.

So...what goes with that, paint-color-wise?

Okay, I'm hearing complaints that I've (we've) been too vague about some things (or, alternately, that people feel they've "been being beaten over the head"), so here it is for public consumption:

1. Yes, Terence and I are married.  We had a civil service on May 28, 2008, followed by a handfasting on July 30, 2008.
2. Yes, we intend this to be a permanent ( Read more... )

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Continuing the theme today...

I've done this Johari window thing before, but I decided to start it again.  I'm going to post it here and on my FB account.  Please link in and let me know what you think.  Thanks.

http://kevan.org/johari?name=jrward

Am I the only person out there having trouble answering this question ( Read more... )

Life goes on, and I'm adjusting.

I'm losing weight at WW, and I'll even forgive myself for only losing .4 lb this week, given the emotional eating I was tempted to do (and often avoided).

I'm gradually catching up on the grading I need to finish, and my 10th graders are almost finished with To Kill A Mockingbird, although I've had to do the ( Read more... )