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Breathing Space: October 2013
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Random thoughts about life and teaching. Sunday, October 6, 2013. Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable. Jean de La Fontaine, French poet. I have been guilty of a lack of discretion. I am not the only one guilty of this. We see that lack of discretion everywhere - 'reality'. Always measuring your words can put a barrier between people. Justified. Henri Frederic Amiel, a Swiss philosopher put it this way: "Mutual respect implies discretion. To speak...
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Breathing Space: June 2012
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Random thoughts about life and teaching. Saturday, June 30, 2012. You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.". The career that I have chosen to follow places me in a position to daily observe the experience of failure. Various students regularly make choices, what appear to be conscious choices, that lead them directly to failing. They choose to not attend class, having read my clearly stated policies regarding NO makeup (see previous post if this seems unfair to you! Daily, in this in...
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Breathing Space: January 2012
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Random thoughts about life and teaching. Monday, January 23, 2012. I've been doing a lot of reflecting of late. I spent time with a very dear friend recently and we did some of that reflecting together - our. I don't regret not having a certain house or other things that might be considered 'impressive' or 'important.' I don't regret not having a job that would pay more money or have more prestige or, in today's terms, cache. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Judy DeBoer teaches Communication at Inver Hills Co...
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Breathing Space: February 2012
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Random thoughts about life and teaching. Wednesday, February 29, 2012. You are younger today than you ever will be again. Make use of it.". I have 2 Redneck brothers - a title which both of them wear proudly. #2 Redneck brother was here to do some doctoring up at the U. He has been living with a rather. The lesson could not be clearer. Take advantage of the opportunities that come your way. Tomorrow is not a promise for any of us - it is a wish. So when opportunity is in front of you - grab o...P3 - Pers...
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Breathing Space: Discretion
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Random thoughts about life and teaching. Sunday, October 6, 2013. Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable. Jean de La Fontaine, French poet. I have been guilty of a lack of discretion. I am not the only one guilty of this. We see that lack of discretion everywhere - 'reality'. Always measuring your words can put a barrier between people. Justified. Henri Frederic Amiel, a Swiss philosopher put it this way: "Mutual respect implies discretion. To speak...
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Breathing Space: December 2011
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Random thoughts about life and teaching. Friday, December 16, 2011. So I got in a little Facebook argument the other day. If you know me you know how odd that statement is. I generally limit my comments on people's FB posts to clicking 'like' (actually I click 'j'aime', as I have my FB page set to French) or saying things like "cool" "nice pic" "congratulations." Original, I know. But this time, I made a comment - a real comment. That comment seems to have started quite an argument - with my friend and a...
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Breathing Space: November 2012
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Random thoughts about life and teaching. Wednesday, November 7, 2012. Politics, Part 2. On the rights of individuals was not the type of state they do live in nor the type of state they wanted to live in. I'm happy to live in that state - even if there's 3 feet of snow on the ground 5 months out of the year. Way for the world to be. Recognize that we have been moving back and forth on this political pendulum since the beginning of our country and we have survived. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Breathing Space: Regrets
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Random thoughts about life and teaching. Monday, January 23, 2012. I've been doing a lot of reflecting of late. I spent time with a very dear friend recently and we did some of that reflecting together - our. I don't regret not having a certain house or other things that might be considered 'impressive' or 'important.' I don't regret not having a job that would pay more money or have more prestige or, in today's terms, cache. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Judy DeBoer teaches Communication at Inver ...
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Breathing Space: June 2011
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Random thoughts about life and teaching. Wednesday, June 1, 2011. If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.". Summer session is an interesting experience. Some students. The first two types of students generally do very well in summer courses. They are motivated, prepared and ready to work. So, maybe we need to slow down a minute and take some time for a little of that reflection that I mentioned earlier. Is this model resulting in what we want and in what is nec...
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Breathing Space: Policies
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Random thoughts about life and teaching. Saturday, May 5, 2012. A colleague of mine gives a quiz during the first week of her classes. The topic? My policy for making up missed work is simple - there is NO make-up. That's right - none. If you choose to miss class for whatever reason and you miss an activity that is worth points - it's a miss. A zero. Simple. Fair. It applies to everyone. No exceptions. No special circumstances. Everyone gets treated the same. Journalist and host of. Charles Osgood is quo...
