|
|
Browse by Tags
All Tags » schools (RSS)
-
I am a teacher. Everybody loves me. I became a teacher so I wouldn't have to work that hard and would get "summers off". I always wanted to become a teacher so I could promote my own personal agenda and indoctrinate the students who are trapped in my Read More...
|
|
|
-
August 22nd marks the start of the 2012-2013 school year for Albemarle County Schools and after seven excruciating days...It's On. Can you sense our excitement? Because we really are excited to finally have the chance to do what we do. Like the great Read More...
|
|
|
-
Ever given any thought to that question? Both members of the TU were fortunate to receive a good education during our youth, I think. This was not an accident. It took hard work from parents, educators and even us. Stepping back to gain a wider view might Read More...
|
-
Few of us give much thought to life before digital communication permeated every facet of our lives. Social networking is now so woven into our society it is difficult to remember life without it. But the existence of Al Gore's internet and Mark Zuckerberg's Read More...
|
-
Can anyone oppose what's "good for kids?" While perusing the Interweb the other day, wading past the funny cat videos, I stumbled onto an interesting article dealing with the word "reform". Reform Is Not a Dirty Word : The real meaning of school reform Read More...
|
-
Sticking with the current events theme of some recent posts, there continues to be a great deal of conversation about the Occupy Wall Street movement. More of that in a second. The TU was at the annual "Making Connections" conference held by our division Read More...
|
-
Populations are made up of individuals. The wise teacher figures out quickly each class is full of individual kids. Likewise schools are composed of individual teachers. When you start treating individual teachers as unimportant, then ultimately schools Read More...
|
-
So your first weeks of teaching are wrapping up. At times you've struggled to recall why you became a teacher. But in the past few weeks no doubt you and your students have learned a great deal already. Still nothing could ever have prepared you for the Read More...
|
-
Among the things I enjoy most are spending time with my family, teaching and fishing. The only one that allows me much time for reflection is fishing. I was on the James River recently with my fishing mentor and guide. A rugged sort of man and his steely Read More...
|
-
Apparently the people organizing one of the most important events in education. Educators, students and parents are gathering in DC this weekend as part of the Save Our Schools March. This national call to action apparently did not involve meeting with Read More...
|
-
Imagine having the power to influence the future. You could go back in time and undo all the wrongs and make things "right." Essentially that's what every teacher has when they administer the SOL test to their classes. Of course that would only be if Read More...
|
-
The embedded video above comes from NBC 29. It first appeared on June 7,2010. The video relates to the move from a seven to eight period academic schedule for students in Albemarle County High Schools. Woody Guthrie once said, "Any fool can make something Read More...
|
-
This year I teach a Leadership class made up of mostly freshmen. For most of the second semester I've traveled with my class to a local elementary school to provide assistance in the classrooms. My own children have been in elementary school for five Read More...
|
-
My colleague mentioned we are immersed in testing season...and to a teacher that imagery might more closely be associated with being water-boarded. Watching your kids take one is awful...simply awful. I am also passing through the busiest period of the Read More...
|
-
The fog of war is a term used to describe the uncertainty in situation awareness experienced by participants in military operations. The term seeks to capture the uncertainty regarding own capability, adversary capability, and adversary intent during Read More...
|
|
|
|
|