Challenges in Education: A Beginning Teacher's Perspective
I am a second year teacher in a high poverty, high minority, inner-city high school. This is my second year of teaching, but my first year teaching as a high school classroom teacher. As I watch the...
View ArticleMike Huckabee: Three Questions We Must Ask (satire)
With the recent media attention garnered by potential presidential candidate Mike Huckabee this past week, certain questions must be asked about his intentions for America. (Or do we only ask...
View Article3 Important Functions of Teachers Unions (other than collective bargaining)
When I was hired for my first teaching job, a libertarian friend of mine asked if I would be joining a union. I told him, “Of course,” and watched the steam start to rise from his ears. My ears, in...
View ArticleFellow Americans, stop freaking out!
My fellow Americans,Allow me to begin by saying how proud I am of you for tearing your eyes away from Charlie Sheen for a moment to witness the heart-wrenching events unfolding in Japan. Nevertheless,...
View ArticleTrump Playin' Palin with the "Lamestream" Media
Donald Trump and Sarah Palin have never had trouble making a splash in the headlines. They are sensational characters who know how to fascinate, provoke, and pick a fight. Over the past few weeks,...
View ArticleTrump Demands Release of the Obamas’ Marriage Certificate
Thursday, April 28, 2011, Donald Trump convened a press conference, calling for the immediate release of Barack and Michelle Obama’s marriage certificate and raising doubts about its authenticity –if...
View ArticleSarah Palin: Gandhi’s Non-violence Movement Was about Gun Rights in India
June 6th, 2011Sarah Palin drew more attention to herself and her bus tour yesterday as she claimed that Mahatma Gandhi, remembered for his role in the Indian Independence Movement and his philosophy of...
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The 'I Love Trains' Campaign
As a seven-year-old living in Japan, I did not know my home address offhand, but I did know that to find my house, you would have to take the JR train line to the Shioya stop, walk up the hill a little...
View ArticleBittersweet in Education, Competition, and Test Scores
Today I received what in education should be the ultimate compliment: my classes scored higher on the district exam than other classes in the same grade at our school. It genuinely made me feel so...
View ArticleAbout the School Resource Officer in South Carolina
By now you’ve all seen the horrific video, and I would like to dissect it from the standpoint of educational best practices, but first, let’s lay out the facts.1. According to Sheriff Lott the student...
View ArticleKirk Kerkorian and The Promise: The Importance of the Armenian Genocide in a...
The 2016 U.S. election, which resulted in the seemingly anomalous victory of a businessman with no government experience, arguably reflects America’s romance with wealth. The American Dream, long...
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