The classroom rug was a little crusty, stamped with squared-off primary colors. At its far end, the beautiful Miss Chantry sat cross-legged in white stockings and a plaid wool miniskirt, while the rest of us sat “Indian style” upon the rug before her. From a stack of old favorites, she selected a crisp, clean book […]
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I came into the world just as neighborhood amusement parks were closing for the season, and closing for good. In various towns and cities lied cemeteries for twisted steel, dilapidated roller coasters, weather-torn wood planks, and old bumper cars driven into the weeds. Before the mid sixties, Ohio alone had about 50 now defunct amusement
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As many schools struggle during the current economic recession, and as our economic flourishing has come to seem inseparable from the unceasing development of modern technologies, educators often feel compelled to update the way they teach in order to prepare students to compete in a technology-dependent working world. Educators are also understandably encouraged to develop
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