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Ditching digital time


25 November 11 10:10 AM
We're in the last few weeks of the dying sun, our days defined by our shadows. I know the sun will return, but I don't believe it. The digital clock on my classroom wall leaves no shadows. It defines little. It just assigns a number to now . 9:27 , 9:27 Read More...

Solstice graduation


21 June 11 10:13 PM
"The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man’s hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report, what my dream was." Bottom, Midsummer Nights Dream Except in June. Just about every day this week I grabbed Read More...

Just to see stuff...


13 May 11 09:39 PM
I wasted a day today prepping my lambs for the New Jersey Biology Competency Test. I will waste another day on Monday. I have no idea what it means to be competent in biology, and judging by the practice questions, I am not alone. If a child passes the Read More...