Entries from August 2009

August 23, 2009

On Lunch

I have finally, officially, left the classroom. Applying for a job outside the classroom really taught me a lot about how people view schoolteachers, and it wasn’t pretty. But I did find a job, still in education, but not trapped in a classroom with too many students whose needs a normal human cannot successfully address.
I [...]

August 8, 2009

Could you have passed the 8th grade in 1895?

(I received this in an email this week. I’ve seen it before, and maybe you have too, but I found it worth posting. It’s sad to see how far… back… we’ve come since 1895.)
COULD YOU HAVE PASSED
THE 8TH GRADE IN 1895?

I remember when my grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had [...]