Category: education
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Scratching Solutions
For many years I was a teacher and on a few occasions I had students ‘I hate you.’ I was always okay with it. It meant that the student was listening and responding to me just not into the relationship that we had developed. From there, it was always hard work but pretty easy to…
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Cure All, Teach All and the Capitalist
Every time I hear or see an educator toting or selling a new educational Cure All, Teach All product, I see them for what they are, snake salespeople hawking their wares. Teaching is quite simple: know your content, know your kids, meet the needs of your kids in real time. However, more often than not,…
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We not Me
I thought I was invincible when I was younger. A few broken arms, almost dying in a car accident, big waves and almost dying from gallbladder disease was apparently not enough to teach me this lesson. A few bike accidents with cracked helmets, one without and a week with a severe concussion wasn’t enough either. …
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The Corrupt Win
The upper class is about power. Rape and assault is about power. Betsy DeVos identifies more with the assailants than the victims. The Corrupt Win. Is it possible that we have it all wrong? That the markers we think are for good are bad and the markers for bad are actually good in the…
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A Federalist Shift
Leaders emerge because they have a mission and they understand the game that is being played. Maybe Bernie Sanders only had the mission, but because he is an honest man, he doesn’t understand the game. Liars and cheats win or face no consequences and the honest suffer. This is true for the Not Me Us…
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A Letter to Senator Sanders
Dear Senator Sanders, Sun Tzu said, “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.” I know you have read The Art of War so you understand the meaning. The problem arises when you forget to keep track. I think you have. This is my favorite photo of you because, even though I am not a…
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American Values – The Compromise?
As a 46 year old teacher I for certain have observed this one interesting conundrum and that is, a class full of middle school students could do a better job than the federal government and especially the Democratic party. Why? Because in elementary school is when you build a student foundation and middle school is…
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Dear Republicans and the GOP,
Dear Republicans and the GOP, Can we please put our differences aside for a minute and think about Old Glory and what she represents? To start she does not represent a monarch or an oligarchy. She supports a tried and true Republic that unites all of us under her shadow from coast to coast and…
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Collegiality and the Google Dumb
Collegiality is my least favorite social concept because when its toes are crossed all it does is manufacture a semantic debate. Collegiality is connected to being politically correct. Being politically correct is based on the golden rule. I don’t want to be called a racist or misogynistic term so I won’t call you one. It…
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What They Fear Most?
What we fear most is upon us? The feeling that our lives and livelihood have been for naught and that we will not be able to say goodbye to our loved ones. What they fear most is upon them? A moment in time in which those that serve them can rally together and make a…
Observations From the Spectrum 