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A Stalled Classroom Economy

Posted in Philosophy 101, Reflective Teaching, Teach Like Your Hair's On Fire!, There Are No Shortcuts, Time Out!, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on November 12, 2009 | 9 Comments »

I’m trying the Classroom Economy System that Asbestasican and Rafe Esquith use. To tackle it at first was more than a little daunting, but once they picked jobs and I figured out bonuses, it got much better. I didn’t do any kind of special event the first month, and I really think they would’ve been [...]

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Agitator

Posted in Faculty Lounge, Philosophy 101, Poli Sci, There Are No Shortcuts, tagged , , , on June 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »

This is the word I’ve been looking for. Agitators. That’s what we are. We’re not negative, we’re agitated. We want to change things, not just complain about them. We’re not content to let the dirty laundry sit in the tub, we’re going to twist and turn and agitate until it gets clean and therefore improved. [...]

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Hoping I’m wrong…

Posted in Poli Sci, There Are No Shortcuts, tagged , , , , , , on June 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »

For the past two weeks or so, I’ve had this feeling that I’m going to end up in 6th grade. Today I found out we’re getting our assignments tomorrow, and the feeling got stronger. At first it was a funny coincidence because I was asking my students if there were any jobs they could think [...]

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How do they do it?

Posted in Lit Circle, Philosophy 101, There Are No Shortcuts, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I would love to take my students on awesome field trips like DC or New York. They would enjoy it so much, and honestly, some of them will never leave their neighborhood if they don’t go on trips with school. The problem with such long trips is how to get there. District buses have time [...]

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