Musings from a Not-So-Master Teacher

It began as a search engine in 1997. As a small start-up company, google grew because of its accuracy in organizing websites using a complex algorithm. There was a certain visual appeal to google – crips, clear, simple. Making millions off of multiple Read More...

Over the last few weeks, we began drawing a mural that will span an entire building. Students stay after school, recieving no money, no extra credit; just the satisfaction of excercising their creativity. It's hard, at times, for me to step back and let Read More...

On Tuesday night, Simon offered a harsh, insensitive form of body language. When a contestant explained that he had a rough time singing because of his friends who died in the Virginia Tech shooting, the American Idol judged rolled his eyes and sighed Read More...

Students are swept up into the whirlwind of the AIMS test - a grueling twelve hour marathon where they will be transformed from students into data on pretty graphs in Excel sheets. We're not in Kansas in more. (Honestly, we never were. We live in Phoenix, Read More...

It is a show which lives up to its name, embodying nearly every form of America's idolatry. Yet, we scoop it up by the handful - the thirst for fame, the worship of celebrity, the cult of stardom, the sex, the lights, the music, the commercialism and Read More...