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Yesterday, I got to see the Space Shuttle Discovery!

I’m grateful for a week of relaxation at the lake this weekend. See you all soon!

Check these out! Which photos from history would you like to see colorized?

I’m excited to try using Instagram in my teaching next year. I never realized that Instagram has a “direct” option when taking a photo, which means instead of making a photo public to your followers, a student could “pass in” a photo to my account. Pretty cool.  Do you think enough students at WHS useContinue reading “Instagram and teaching? Cool!”

“In Twain’s writings, he returned again and again to a simple theme: Education should be practical and meaningful. When high marks on exams are the goal, students end up focusing on isolated facts and writing in what Twain described in Tom Sawyer as a ‘wasteful and opulent gush.’” This article isn’t for or against theContinue reading “Some summer reading: Mark Twain and Education”

If we are going to start grammatical revolutions, we should at least know what we are talking about. So, for example, when a crazy English teacher on summer vacation calls you out on it, you can respond in a professional, intelligent way, like… “Yes, I am aware that I am purposely omitting a preposition inContinue reading “Farewell, prepositions. Hello, new “because”.”