History and My Story

I have noticed several students sneaking a little cell phone use during class. While there may at some point be an appropriate use for cell phone use during class–ask my Culture and Conflict students about our polls–in general texting in class cannot be tolerated. We have already discussed several reasons…here are a few [...]

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Today is a professional day for teachers–tomorrow we meet our new students. The following is an SNL skit from the mid-1990s (when you, my students, were all just being born). Until I meet you all officially and get to know you—this is recurring nightmare I have:

Let’s hope our year is nothing like this!

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What do you think of this?  A new British education plan is calling for topics like Queen Victoria and World War II to be dropped from the curriculum in favor of teaching students how to Twitter and blog?  Don’t they know students can do both, lol?

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The date of the inauguration and oath of office are in the constitution but the rest of the day is based on traditions carried down from the past. The events of January 20th every 4 years are coreographed to show Americans and the world how peaceful transition of power is in a democracy [...]

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