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On the Front Line with Wine: End of Days
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Monday, June 28, 2010. Today marks the end of the 2009-2010 school year in New York City. In school this year and last year I felt my last days were pretty anti-climactic, if not surreal. The feeling is due in part to the fact that we've already had our 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony (Graduation), the 8th Grade Formal. Etc The other is that I don't feel like I've finished teaching- as if there is much, much more I could possibly tell my students about U.S. History that I simply did not get to. The one tric...
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On the Front Line with Wine: December 2009
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009. This one's for the good folks running around in Schools of Ed. If you plan to leave your state, venture out into the great wide open and teach the children far away from the homeland, you should have an idea by now of how you're going to do it. One of the big things you're going to need to know is what kind of certification you'll need to teach in your state of choice. The process more than six months prior to the beginning of school. If you haven't checked out what you'll nee...
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On the Front Line with Wine: The 8th Grade Prom
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010. The 8th Grade Prom. Martha Clara North Fork Cabernet Sauvignon 2007. The description says a lot of things and I only remember t being peppery. At any rate, this one was picked up at the Martha Clara Vineyards out on Long Island- part of a another wine tour we did this past weekend. We'd been to this vineyard before, which started to put some perspective on the size of the wine region on Long Island. Posted by Nick James. June 10, 2010 at 1:18 AM. June 10, 2010 at 6:26 AM. Our sch...
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On the Front Line with Wine: March 2010
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Do Teachers Need Breaks? I'll come back to the issue of what I think summer break should be used for, but breaks throughout the school year still strike me as incredibly necessary. Many professions in this country are incredibly exhausting and while I have not worked in many other industries the jobs I have done that are exhausting do not compare to the position I currently hold. And perhaps create a plan for the last few units of the year; the second is to rest up. While in th...
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On the Front Line with Wine: July 2010
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Friday, July 9, 2010. Take Care Until September. After completing my second year in the classroom with some level of success I've decided to take, at least in part, my own advice from my most recent post- Get Your Head Out of It. For the First Years (Now Second Years):. Rest and recuperate this summer. Go into next year with a new battle strategy and playbook, and buckle down from the first minute. It will be better in the second year- and astoundingly so. Posted by Nick James. Links to this post. The Ne...
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On the Front Line with Wine: February 2010
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Sunday, February 28, 2010. Lost It Again- Dangerous Conversation. They do other than sitting there other than nothing is not acceptable. Needless to say, a handful of students acting nuts on my detention shift does not make me happy. Be acting in my detention, that at this point in the year I thought we knew one another better than what their present behavior was telling me and that it was blindingly apparent that they had zero respect for me as a teacher or as an adult, let alone for themselves. The sec...
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On the Front Line with Wine: Get Your Head Out of It
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Get Your Head Out of It. Around this time of year a lot of people tend to think that teachers have the sweetest job around. Three months off? After you've had that time off, we can talk about what needs to be done this summer (from a post-second year's perspective) in order to make next year a good one. Posted by Nick James. July 7, 2010 at 11:21 AM. Though I know you do this as a matter of course, I think its particularly appropriate that you included a wine choice with this post.
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On the Front Line with Wine: The Irritable End
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010. Mark West Chardonnay 2008. My father was nice enough to pick this up for me while we were in town to visit for my brother's wedding. The bottle bills itself as "uncomplicated," which I woudl agree with. It was a pretty fruity, not at all buttery. Posted by Nick James. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Info on the Blog. Nick James is a lead teacher, history teacher, and AVID teacher in the Bronx. 2013-2014 will be his sixth and favorite year in the classroom. So You Want To Teach?
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On the Front Line with Wine: September 2010
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010. I hope your summer has been a restful and relaxing one. I've begun a new blog this fall. If you liked the stuff written on On the Front Line with Wine, take a look at TryingTeaching.com. I plan to write about education more holistically, but I'll still be tossing out whatever pointers I can give for the new teachers. Posted by Nick James. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Info on the Blog. View my complete profile. People Following this Blog.
