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Pointed Sticks and Sand: Keeping the Warlords at Bay: September 2009
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Pointed Sticks and Sand: Keeping the Warlords at Bay. Written by a non-native Denverite teacher dude, fast approaching his forties. Complaints, Reviews, Rants and Observations. Tuesday, September 22, 2009. What does this say about our own values on education? Do we pull social studies, and to a lesser extent science from the curriculum? Do we take away wood-shop? The administrator did apologize, very quickly. My science colleague remarked how he was amazed that I did not leap out of my chair and. A year ...
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Pointed Sticks and Sand: Keeping the Warlords at Bay: January 2010
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Pointed Sticks and Sand: Keeping the Warlords at Bay. Written by a non-native Denverite teacher dude, fast approaching his forties. Complaints, Reviews, Rants and Observations. Sunday, January 31, 2010. Its been quite some time- -! I really have been pretty busy of late, and am getting my head above water. More on that later- - -. There was a pretty good article in the New York Times. On proposed changes to "No Child Left Behind," most of which this teacher met with tacit satisfaction. I am an eighth gra...
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Pointed Sticks and Sand: Keeping the Warlords at Bay: Book Review: Methland by Nick Reding
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Pointed Sticks and Sand: Keeping the Warlords at Bay. Written by a non-native Denverite teacher dude, fast approaching his forties. Complaints, Reviews, Rants and Observations. Friday, November 26, 2010. Book Review: Methland by Nick Reding. I finished this book months ago, and decided to finally write about Methland. This is a great non-fiction book. I would recommend this to anyone and everyone. It is gripping, sad, and tough and smart. Four bought and paid for senators out of four. Sometimes a book's ...
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Pointed Sticks and Sand: Keeping the Warlords at Bay: Some perspective on Collective Bargaining for teachers
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Pointed Sticks and Sand: Keeping the Warlords at Bay. Written by a non-native Denverite teacher dude, fast approaching his forties. Complaints, Reviews, Rants and Observations. Saturday, February 19, 2011. Some perspective on Collective Bargaining for teachers. I would characterize teachers in general to be more hard working than people with I worked with in the private sector, in my years working in the insurance and resort industry. Do some need to be trimmed from the hedge? As I have stated before, co...
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Pointed Sticks and Sand: Keeping the Warlords at Bay: Nudge Policy and what it looks like
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Pointed Sticks and Sand: Keeping the Warlords at Bay. Written by a non-native Denverite teacher dude, fast approaching his forties. Complaints, Reviews, Rants and Observations. Monday, August 2, 2010. Nudge Policy and what it looks like. Economic theory. In addition, in this particular case, George II promoted the "opt out" as good company policy. Well, I received an email from CompassBank this year. Take a look:. Currently, you have the benefit of knowing that if you do not have sufficient funds availab...
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Pointed Sticks and Sand: Keeping the Warlords at Bay: Book Review: The Great Derangement by Matt Taibbi
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Pointed Sticks and Sand: Keeping the Warlords at Bay. Written by a non-native Denverite teacher dude, fast approaching his forties. Complaints, Reviews, Rants and Observations. Monday, August 9, 2010. Book Review: The Great Derangement by Matt Taibbi. This was a quick engrossing read about the state of the country,in all its wackiness. The Great Derangement. The attacks. Taibbi's denouncement of the movement's cause is classic and belly-aching. 3 1/2 derangements out of 4. Sometimes a book's themes, endi...
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Pointed Sticks and Sand: Keeping the Warlords at Bay: July 2010
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Pointed Sticks and Sand: Keeping the Warlords at Bay. Written by a non-native Denverite teacher dude, fast approaching his forties. Complaints, Reviews, Rants and Observations. Saturday, July 31, 2010. Book Review: Stealing God's Thunder: Benjamin Franklin's Lightening Rod and the Invention of America by Phillip Dray. Phillip Dray's short book, Stealing God's Thunder. Franklin's standing as a scientist of his times was great, and not merely provincial. His admiration in Europe was real, and his peers...
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Pointed Sticks and Sand: Keeping the Warlords at Bay: March 2010
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Pointed Sticks and Sand: Keeping the Warlords at Bay. Written by a non-native Denverite teacher dude, fast approaching his forties. Complaints, Reviews, Rants and Observations. Sunday, March 7, 2010. All my extra work and a cup of coffee merits front page news. Well well. It seems that two Denver Post reporters went on the witch hunt to expose the vast corruption in education. It was. For the image on last Sunday's Post. Waste of districts that serve kids in the Denver metropolitan area. I wouldn't be, b...
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Pointed Sticks and Sand: Keeping the Warlords at Bay: February 2011
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Pointed Sticks and Sand: Keeping the Warlords at Bay. Written by a non-native Denverite teacher dude, fast approaching his forties. Complaints, Reviews, Rants and Observations. Saturday, February 19, 2011. Some perspective on Collective Bargaining for teachers. I would characterize teachers in general to be more hard working than people with I worked with in the private sector, in my years working in the insurance and resort industry. Do some need to be trimmed from the hedge? As I have stated before, co...
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Pointed Sticks and Sand: Keeping the Warlords at Bay: November 2010
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Pointed Sticks and Sand: Keeping the Warlords at Bay. Written by a non-native Denverite teacher dude, fast approaching his forties. Complaints, Reviews, Rants and Observations. Friday, November 26, 2010. Book Review: Methland by Nick Reding. I finished this book months ago, and decided to finally write about Methland. This is a great non-fiction book. I would recommend this to anyone and everyone. It is gripping, sad, and tough and smart. Four bought and paid for senators out of four. Sometimes a book's ...