http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ "I must follow my mind. There is no turning back from awareness. If I were to alter my step now I would always hate myself. I would grow old feeling that I had failed in the obligatory duty that is ours once we become aware." - George Jackson en Vox Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:01:05 -0400 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/pre-season-training.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(JTarFiel) http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/pre-season-training.html?_c=feed-rss http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/pre-season-training.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:01:05 -0400 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. 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First, I'm not ideological... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/punishment.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414450a583c7f00fa967fa1790003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/reflecting-at-the-beginning-of-my-3rd-year.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(JTarFiel) http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/reflecting-at-the-beginning-of-my-3rd-year.html?_c=feed-rss http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/reflecting-at-the-beginning-of-my-3rd-year.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:48:53 -0400 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/reflecting-at-the-beginning-of-my-3rd-year.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414450a583c7f00fae8c20ca1000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/book-or-at-least-blog-to-read.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(JTarFiel) http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/book-or-at-least-blog-to-read.html?_c=feed-rss http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/book-or-at-least-blog-to-read.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:18:42 -0400 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/book-or-at-least-blog-to-read.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414450a583c7f00fa967bd0700003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/finalsbetter-luck-next-year.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(JTarFiel) http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/finalsbetter-luck-next-year.html?_c=feed-rss http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/finalsbetter-luck-next-year.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 21 May 2008 15:42:11 -0400 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414450a583c7f00fae8bb8c05000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/first-political-blog-dem-primary.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(JTarFiel) http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/first-political-blog-dem-primary.html?_c=feed-rss http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/first-political-blog-dem-primary.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 07 May 2008 11:08:54 -0400 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 ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/first-political-blog-dem-primary.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414450a583c7f00e398f75f850005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/beat-this-one.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(JTarFiel) http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/beat-this-one.html?_c=feed-rss http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/beat-this-one.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 05 May 2008 11:37:41 -0400 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/beat-this-one.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414450a583c7f00e398f6bc940005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/my-mtc-experience.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(JTarFiel) http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/my-mtc-experience.html?_c=feed-rss http://jtarfiel.vox.com/library/post/my-mtc-experience.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:39:12 -0400 There's no way I could give a complete portrayal of my experience in this blog, or even in a book. 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