←AP History, Part I: Amateur Hour Narratives, or stories, are very important for successful teachers. While we are still researching exactly how the brain works, we do know that learning consists of making connections between what needs to be learned and existing knowledge already stored in the brain. Therefore, telling stories, whose elements are already […]
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There is a saying at the military academies that is applicable to the kerfuffle in the Jefferson County School District: “Amateur military analysts argue about weapons and tactics. Professional military argue about logistics.” When adapting the saying to education, we come up with, “Amateur educators argue about books and curriculum. Professional educators argue about instruction.”
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I don’t know much about guns. My immediate experience amounts to about three different occasions in my whole life. Yet I have vivid memories of each. The first time was when I was six years old. It was twilight, and my cousin Kenny and I had been out exploring beyond the grape vineyards and across
Dear readers: This is my second official Exhibit A column even though I have published other works here previously. I’d like to use it to introduce myself beyond the brief bio that is on the site. And I’d like to articulate what I’d like to do for you, the reader. You are bombarded with media
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“It’s not even my birthday But he want to lick the icing off I know you want it in the worst way Can’t wait to blow my candles out He want that cake, cake, Cake, cake, cake, cake, cake Cake, cake, cake, cake, cake Cake, cake, cake” – Rihanna’s “Birthday Cake,” 2012 “Oh, shake shake
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“People are more than just the way they look.” – Madeleine L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time “[Stanley’s] father had been trying to figure out a way to recycle old sneakers, and suddenly a pair of sneakers fell on top of him, seemingly out of nowhere, like a gift from God” – Louis Sachar, Holes Some