‘Uncategorized’ Archives
All Those Damn Kids Have Cell Phones Though, Don’t They?
My uncle is a Republican. He says he is a Democrat, but then begins defending rich people like they are going to be thrown out of their houses and begin starving any minute now. This is common Republican reasoning—defending people who own most of [...]
The Lost Art of the Handshake
For many years now I have been conducting a social experiment in the doorway of my classroom. The subjects of my experiment have been all shapes, sizes, and colors. Some limp, others drool, many of them have trouble writing down the correct day of [...]
Teach4Real’s Big Announcement
I'm back and I have something special!I took the summer off of blogging, but have still kept very, very busy. Aside from teaching at UC Berkeley, and learning how to raise a 5 month old, I have put together a soon to be LEGENDARY House on Mango [...]
One From the Vault: Teaching Against Culture
As I'm ramping up to start blogging full time again, I came across this one in the Teach4Real vault. I don't know why I didn't run it in April, it probably had something to do with STAR testing and wanting to pluck out my eyes with all the number [...]
Where’s the Work Ethic?
Articles like in this week’s New York Times, which talks about how less and less students are truly prepared for college level coursework, are old news for those of us in education. From New York to California, it is now undeniable that our [...]
Movie Night in My Community
A counselor at my school is very deliberate about interacting in the community when he isn’t at work. For example, every December, he takes his wife and two kids to the mall in the city where we work to do their Christmas shopping. He could just [...]