The Ideal Teacher
Bob Blaisdell, professor of English at City University of New York’s Kingsborough Community College, has an article up at Inside Higher Ed in which he explains in hilarious detail what being an Ideal...
View ArticleSave the Planet or It’s Into the Compost Bin With You!
Harsh. Maybe exploding school kids was going a bit too far? Yes, anyone who fears a dead-planet future has strong feelings about the humans who actively contribute to global warming at an alarming...
View ArticleWould You Want to Be a Teacher?
The NY Times’ Learning Network asks students to answer and debate this pinless grenade of a question: “Would you want to be a teacher?” I’m sticking with a severely reinforced version of my standard...
View ArticleLecturing and Questioning
It’s been centuries, and still those pedantic professors lecture their students for hours on end. And then they have the cojones to question their audience, checking to see (a) if anyone was listening...
View ArticleSchool Shut Down: Teacher and Principal Smoking Meth
Dear State and Federal Governments, You don’t pay educators enough money. Perhaps a budget increase could class things up a bit in the U.S. Public School System. Get on that, please, for the love of...
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