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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished | knapsackstrats
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How do you know? No Good Deed Goes Unpunished. June 17, 2016. So, my middle child graduated from high school 2 weeks ago. I want to say that it was a joyous occasion. I want to say I was relieved and bursting with pride. I was those things, but only to a degree. Don’t you just hate when a good deed produces negative unintended consequences? You know. No good deed goes unpunished. So from where my husband and I sat during the ceremony, MC was way out of line, not in the right place. As our last name g...
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knapsackstrats | Is it working? How do you know? | Page 2
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How do you know? Get Off the Bandwagons. February 23, 2016. Why is it that we in education grab onto good ideas and treat them as if they are THE ONE ABSOLUTE solution for anything that is challenging us and then squeeze the life out of it making it hurtful instead of helpful? I have been in education a long time and I have seen movements come and go and in each case it takes way too long to find balance in the use of good ideas. We go all in. We drink. With poor data collection, we continue to develop i...
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Eddie, Sweet Eddie | knapsackstrats
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How do you know? Eddie, Sweet Eddie. March 10, 2016. March 10, 2016. I had the honor of connecting with one of my former students earlier this week. Eddie is a Junior now. I was his teacher for 1st-4th grades. Eddie was my favorite. Always will be. Oh, I love all my students. I really do. But Eddie reached in and grabbed my heart in a powerful way. Eddie worked on Aunt Sally. I caught a lot of flack for the way I supported Eddie in school. There were many that wanted me to extract a pound of flesh ea...
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How to De-Motivate a Student | knapsackstrats
https://knapsackstrats.wordpress.com/2016/03/04/how-to-de-motivate-a-student
How do you know? How to De-Motivate a Student. March 4, 2016. March 10, 2016. Since when are we de-motivating kids? Well, since FOREVER. Really. I am not fibbing here. I am not exaggerating either. I know I can get a bit overzealous and rabid about the whole behaviorism topic. It’s only because it is one of the topics I am most sure about. You all know by now that I cannot tolerate poor methodology and practices that either do nothing or do harm. There is so much new good stuff out there, people! 8230;&#...
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Question of the day. WHY? | knapsackstrats
https://knapsackstrats.wordpress.com/2016/04/13/question-of-the-day-why
How do you know? Question of the day. WHY? April 13, 2016. Now consider how often we assume the student is attention seeking. How in the world do we know with certainty that a student is doing something just for attention? And, why do we assume seeking attention is a negative thing? Or how about ‘refused to do his work’. Do we know for sure the student is refusing? How about the student can’t do the work? It looks like won’t, but the truth is she student can’t. What does that mean? How do we really know?
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The Best Collaboration Ever, Part 2 | knapsackstrats
https://knapsackstrats.wordpress.com/2015/07/14/the-best-collaboration-ever-part-2
How do you know? The Best Collaboration Ever, Part 2. July 14, 2015. October 16, 2015. Wildabest and I believe we rescued Aunt Sally. She was sitting on the enclosed porch of a store all about weaving that was run by a really, really cranky and impatient lady. When we pulled up and saw that loom in all of her glory we were instantly in love. And I mean that. We fell in love. Wildabest and I felt deep down in a primal way the healing power of Aunt Sally. And there she was. She changed the way the enti...
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Assumptions. Not Just Makers of Asses | knapsackstrats
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How do you know? Assumptions. Not Just Makers of Asses. March 18, 2015. Wednesday is word day. And today’s word is assumption. I have almost completed this particular chapter of my book, but after my student teacher meeting Monday and then a causal chat with a mother of 4, I am compelled to explore this here. We all know what they say about making assumptions. But I think we need to consider not only is the potential there to make asses of ourselves, but we are often causing damage, hurting kids. Now con...
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It’s All Been Said | knapsackstrats
https://knapsackstrats.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/its-all-been-said
How do you know? It’s All Been Said. May 12, 2016. I have been making lists of things I want to address here in this blog. You all know by now that my passion runs deep and with that comes deep dismay and disgust with an occasional sprinkle of impressed fairy dust. But it’s all being said by others more articulate and intelligent than I am. My question is this. If the good stuff has all been said, why is the bad stuff gaining momentum and control? If research has shown us that behavior modification is no...
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And This Is What Happens | knapsackstrats
https://knapsackstrats.wordpress.com/2016/03/02/and-this-is-what-happens
How do you know? And This Is What Happens. March 2, 2016. March 2, 2016. I have worked with hundreds of kids. I have seen the ill-effects of behaviorism flourish in far too many ways. One of my pet peeves has always been this. 8216;When you get done with this, then you can do that’. 8216;Finish your work and you can have free time.’. 8216;When you are done with this assignment you can have free time’. Well, guess what? So, how do we motivate students to get to the task at hand? This doesn’t have to...
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And Yes, I will Say It Again | knapsackstrats
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How do you know? And Yes, I will Say It Again. February 25, 2016. Behavior Modification = Manipulation No Matter How You Wrap It. No I am not through presenting my argument against the overuse, the misuse, and abuse of behaviorism in our schools. We really must continue this crusade to reform how we. He needs to stop all this annoying talking out/defiance/out of his seat/pencil breaking/refusal to work/poking others/avoidance behaviors/you fill in the blank”. Yeah, right. Right? Let’s say you are w...
