Exactly.

I just met with a student who is a multi-lingual learner (that is, English is not her first language and she’s busy at work acquiring a third language, as well). I had asked her to meet with me because her I could not grade her last paper. Although it was clear she had taken a great deal of care with it-the spelling was flawless-the sentences were ( Read more... )

...but only temporarily ( Read more... )

I have a weakness for old (around 100 or more years) school books and have a small collection of readers dating from the late 1800s to about 1920.

Today, on my way out of Ellensburg, I stopped by the Goodwill and scored two more. One is the Columbus Series Fifth Reading Book (1904). The other is Advanced Physiology and Hygiene (revised edition) ( Read more... )

More random bits from my research ( Read more... )

In 1886, Washington Territory raised the age of consent to 16; only Colorado was higher at 18. In 20 states the age of consent was 10 and in Delaware it was 7. (From The Union SIgnal, 11 November 1886, p. 4 ( Read more... )

I am currently locked out of my Facebook account. The error message I get reads: Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue. We expect this to be resolved shortly. Please try again in a few minutes ( Read more... )

Due to an odd series of events Saturday I discovered that I was eligible for a 17-percent discount on my monthly AT&T cellphone bill-and there’s a possibility you may be too (if you are affiliated with the University of Washington it is a certainty ( Read more... )

I just finished filling out the proof of claim form for another class action suit that I am apparently a party to. It’s against Washington Mutual, a company that once held the mortgage on my house in Monterey. According to the suit, WaMu charged borrowers a whole slew of fees that they shouldn’t have. WaMu’s representatives (or actually the FDIC, ( Read more... )

In about 12 hours 10 or 12 of my students from the last two quarters will stride across the stage at the History Department convocation. They are not really my students-I’ve shared them with a lot of professors, instructors and TAs (and librarians!), and my contribution to their education was incremental and quite possibly negligible. But these are ( Read more... )