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Is It June Yet?: March 2011
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Is It June Yet? The Musings of the Bemused: A Veteran Teacher's Perspective. Wednesday, March 9, 2011. WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? As I have said, just the nomination was an immense honor and placing as a finalist is still very moving to me, but what had to be said had to be said. One of the questions posed was a question that lies at the heart of why teachers are often mistreated and always underpaid. Yes, she meant besides teach. This notion of "professional volunteerism". Everyone remembers the tea...
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Is It June Yet?: There's No Biz Like Ed Biz!
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Is It June Yet? The Musings of the Bemused: A Veteran Teacher's Perspective. Friday, February 25, 2011. There's No Biz Like Ed Biz! The President recently urged the youth of America to become teachers- a noble request, we can agree. But frankly, why should they? Now, you might ask, why did I not eject him instantly? HE JUST DOESN”T GIVE A $%&*! But, you ask yourselves, was he eventually removed from his “teacher-education” program? February 26, 2011 at 2:12 PM. Thanks for this post. It speaks volumes...
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Is It June Yet?: October 2010
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Is It June Yet? The Musings of the Bemused: A Veteran Teacher's Perspective. Wednesday, October 20, 2010. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. 1 Self Actualization Needs. Self respect, personal worth, autonomy). 3 Love and Belongingness Needs. Love, friendship, comradeship). Security; protection from harm). Food, sleep, stimulation, activity). So, you ask, why did I even consider such a move? How could I give up such well-earned security? Teachers in my district have started to face serious pay and health benefi...
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Is It June Yet?: November 2010
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Is It June Yet? The Musings of the Bemused: A Veteran Teacher's Perspective. Friday, November 12, 2010. Many teachers know they need to teach analytical thinking, but they, themselves, have limited analytical powers. That one has read and perhaps in the best of instances has recognized the subtleties of a text does not an English teacher make, I am sorry to say. The art of knowing and responding to what his/her individual students need. The art of being a lifetime learner. The art of a teacher’s be...
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Is It June Yet?: January 2011
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Is It June Yet? The Musings of the Bemused: A Veteran Teacher's Perspective. Thursday, January 13, 2011. I Could Have Danced All Night. Now, you might ask, did my mother call to complain about the humiliation I must have suffered at being placed in the back of the room for every class? Or did I cry and feel dispirited because I was not making the kind of progress that would put me into the same league as the pre-professionals? Dance classes, of course! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Is It June Yet?: inAdequate
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Is It June Yet? The Musings of the Bemused: A Veteran Teacher's Perspective. Friday, November 12, 2010. Many teachers know they need to teach analytical thinking, but they, themselves, have limited analytical powers. That one has read and perhaps in the best of instances has recognized the subtleties of a text does not an English teacher make, I am sorry to say. The art of knowing and responding to what his/her individual students need. The art of being a lifetime learner. The art of a teacher’s be...
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Is It June Yet?: April 2010
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Is It June Yet? The Musings of the Bemused: A Veteran Teacher's Perspective. Sunday, April 11, 2010. Today was one of those days. I thought it would be a quiet day, two classes writing an essay, one class reviewing an essay and thinking about how to rewrite it. But the moon must be full, the stars aligned, hormones in sync. . . Meltdown central today and a lots of time spent counseling and trying not to cry myself. Docile audience with a high BS tolerance. Don’t get me wrong. I do see the value...Because...
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Is It June Yet?: I Could Have Danced All Night
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Is It June Yet? The Musings of the Bemused: A Veteran Teacher's Perspective. Thursday, January 13, 2011. I Could Have Danced All Night. Now, you might ask, did my mother call to complain about the humiliation I must have suffered at being placed in the back of the room for every class? Or did I cry and feel dispirited because I was not making the kind of progress that would put me into the same league as the pre-professionals? Dance classes, of course! 213) 842 6839 / Advertising. YOU ARE THE BEST! URBAN...
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Is It June Yet?: May 2010
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Is It June Yet? The Musings of the Bemused: A Veteran Teacher's Perspective. Friday, May 21, 2010. Rigor . . . Mortis? To the libretto for Otello. I am expecting papers on Othello and the medieval Dance of Death. Othello and “blackness” race as depicted and explored in Othello, Dutchman,. I am expecting papers that compare and contrast the significance of women’s roles in tragedy and comedy as evinced in Othello, Hamlet, and 12th Night. Last year, we had an administrator who tried to close the Shakespear...
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Is It June Yet?: June 2010
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Is It June Yet? The Musings of the Bemused: A Veteran Teacher's Perspective. Saturday, June 19, 2010. One of my kids, a conscientious planet lover who puts me to shame because of her pure-hearted devotion, piled her car trunk with the ton of paper we tossed. She’s going to take it to a recycling center near her home since the school (let’s just say if it could make money out of the wasted paper, we’d all be millionaires) keeps its recycling bins locked up and generally inaccessible. As my 10th graders we...