I have moved to 6th grade this year, after teaching 7th for about eight years. I am enjoying the change, and although I miss my old teammates I really like working with my new group of colleagues. Change is always hard for me; I think that comes with age. So maybe this is a good [...]
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In PARADE magazine today, an article on pages 13-14 describes an island in the middle of the south Atlantic Ocean: Tristan de Cunha. Here’s a link to an online article about that island. http://www.sthelena.se/tristan/tristan.htm I would like to know what you think of living one’s life there, and then raising a family who loves their [...]
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A piece on the editorial page of the 8/23/09 News and Observer is entitled “Thwarting the plot to make us porcine.” I was intrigued by that last word, as I thought it was the pig version of “bovine” and “canine.” It is! But the article is about how restaurants are serving up such enormous portions (often [...]
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You may recognize the title of this post as borrowing from a Shakespeare quote from Romeo & Juliet: What’s in a name? that which we call a rose\ By any other name would smell as sweet; (I didn’t know that automatically – thank you, Google!) Translated to modern American speech, trash is still smelly garbage. [...]
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Edublogs has changed the dashboard (the page where the writer manages everything) so I – luckily – have a few hours to play with the new look today and get familiar with the new features and arrangements. How are you when things change? Do you like change, like trying old things in new ways? [...]
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