Solitude is missing from current educational system.  Students, while they are at school, must plough through book work, handouts and lectures in a ridiculous pace.  Everything is disjointed and disconnected, often taught in subjects that are irrelevant to their lives.  Last year, after weeks of drought, it finally rained - and not ...

When I first began teaching, I used the class website as a way to communicate with students.  It was very teacher-oriented and I was proud of the work I had accomplished.  When I realized that I wanted student involvement, I decided that I would allow them to create articles.  It would be a social studies magazine.  Over time, ...