Jerminating

Pre-Season Training

2008-06-29T18:01:05Z

I went back to Greenwood to sleep in my extremely comfortable bed where it's actually possible to have dreams. It was pretty awesome. I fell asleep to Cool Hand Luke, got up, and lifted weights. While I was at the gym, I ran into a teacher from...

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Punishment

2008-06-16T23:03:47Z

I've talked to several people about corporal punishment now, and lots of people seem curious about it, so I'm going to try to write a serious blog about it (see the "Mr. October" blog for a more entertaining approach). First, I'm not ideological...

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Reflecting at the beginning of my 3rd year

2008-06-11T21:48:53Z

Coming back after finishing MTC and teaching in the summer has already been an eye opener and a privilege. As a "third year," I assume I'm expected to model good lessons for the new Biology teachers and help them get started. As of today, I've t...

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Book (or at least blog) to Read

2008-06-04T03:18:42Z

I just finished a book called There Goes My Everything, and it's a pretty thorough study of white southerners during the civil rights movement. It describes all the different positions that whites occupied on the topic of segregation and integrat...

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Finals/Better Luck Next Year

2008-05-21T19:42:11Z

I have a lot of kids failing, especially in my chemistry class, so I gear my final to help them. I make it optional, essay format, and take-home. Each question is worth 15 points, and there are 10 of them, so 7 questions would add up to a possi...

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First Political Blog: Dem Primary

2008-05-07T15:08:54Z

I'm finally getting fed up with the democratic primary, so much so that I'm writing my first political blog. I'm the left leaning type who doesn't want to consider himself a "Democrat," but that's pretty much what I vote for. I'm certainly not ...

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Beat This One

2008-05-05T15:37:41Z

So I'm sure many of you fellow MTCers share the same problems with pests and rodents and what not in your classrooms. I have been priveleged to share this habitat with roaches, mice, wasps, ants, and termites, but today there was a new one. I al...

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My MTC Experience

2008-04-04T20:39:12Z

There's no way I could give a complete portrayal of my experience in this blog, or even in a book. Maybe I could put all my blogs together as a sort of book of letters, and then fill in the gaps and make an interesting story, although it would b...

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7th Period today

2008-03-31T20:07:04Z

While my other classes got to do labs today, 7th period will not have the privilege. They'll continue to do bookwork, because as usual they had no interest in my teaching and didn't have the respect to at least be quiet. One of the students who...

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7th Period

2008-03-26T19:15:13Z

My 7th Period Chemistry class has had problems throughout the year controlling themselves. Overall, they're hyped up and difficult to calm down. There are a couple of really disrespectful students in there too. The result, and what pisses me o...

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