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The Busiest Articles of 2007
On Sunday, we looked back at some of The Loneliest Articles of 2007 , today, we’ll go to the other extreme and look at the busiest articles of 2007. These are the articles that generated the most comments. I’ve gone through the articles and Read More...
The Loneliest Articles of 2007
In the Christmas break, I am looking back at this blog’s growth and development. I began writing a little bit for the blog in February, but didn’t officially launch it for real until June. Since that time, growth has been pretty consistent. Read More...
Less Stress: Kill Your TV
This is perhaps my most favorite tip of them all! I haven’t regularly watched television since I was in 11th grade, but I have watched quite a bit of it. When I read “The 4-Hour Workweek,” Timothy Ferriss suggests a low-information diet. Read More...
Less Stress: Wake Up Earlier
I used to wake up every morning about an hour before I wanted to be at school. I try to get there by 7:20, so that meant waking up around 6:20. That resulted in an extremely rushed morning. Plus the traffic at my new school is way heavier than the traffic Read More...
It’s Time To Change My Behavior
We put a sign up a few places around the band hall on Wednesday. It says:   EVERYONE NEEDS AN ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT Choose Your Attitude I decided that I needed to take that advice myself. So I am going to adjust my attitude. I was reminded yesterday Read More...
5 Habits of Highly Effective Teachers: Community Procedures
This is the fifth in a series of articles entitled 5 Habits of Highly Effective Teachers. Community Proecdures How do you interact with your community? I know for many teachers, this is a frightening proposition. Reading some things that other teachers Read More...
5 Habits of Highly Effective Teachers: Personal Procedures
This is the fourth in a series of articles entitled 5 Habits of Highly Effective Teachers. Personal Procedures What are some of the personal habits that are important to me? As I’m sitting here in the middle of the summer writing this, I realize Read More...
5 Habits of Highly Effective Teachers: Relationship Procedures
This is the third in a series of articles entitled 5 Habits of Highly Effective Teachers. Relationship Procedures in teaching, as in most any businesses — and life in general — relationships will either make you successful, or else make you Read More...
5 Habits of Highly Effective Teachers
I recently read an article written by a newly-hired teacher. She was concerned about the fall and how to establish procedures. My response was for her simply to be patient, ask lots of questions, and hang in there. When I was in her position, that kind Read More...