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Why I Won't Shut Up and Teach

19 July 07 04:12 PM | jtspencer | 5 Comments   

After reading a recent blog, suggesting that teachers should self-censor and stay politically inactive, I feel compelled to write this blog. Telling teachers to shut up and focus on their classrooms is like telling Martin Luther King Jr to shut up and Read More...

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catch-22 and a staff development meeting

29 March 07 02:55 PM | jtspencer | 2 Comments   

I first read Catch 22 as a cynical high school student. Something about the wry humor, the absurdity of the system and the feeling that I was surrounded by insanity resonated well with Mountain Ridge High. I enjoyed the lively characters, though I never Read More...

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