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Entries from April 2009

Old School, New School, need to learn though…

April 25th, 2009 No Comments

I burn baby burn like disco inferno…
I’ve been at the new school for 10 days now and things are only getting better. As I get to know the students I can see that these kids have been craving consistency, a challenge, and someone who wants to be there for them and not just for a [...]

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Professional Stockholm Syndrome

April 18th, 2009 3 Comments

I’m working in a dream environment and I still miss the old school. Am I crazy ? Or have I worked in a stressful environment for so long that I crave stress and professional abuse?

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My must have teacher tools

April 2nd, 2009 1 Comment

I love and loathe ed-tech. It’s the gift and the curse.
I allows teachers to use multimedia to convey conceptual and contextual information. It empowers students…and it also handicaps bad teachers and serves as a distraction to disengaged students…but I still rely on two major pieces of equipment.
My LCD projector ( I just received my very [...]

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Numbers and Letters

April 2nd, 2009 No Comments

I’ve been taking two classes at GSU this semester…each is an introductory class to research. One class is quantitative and the other is qualitative.

The quantitative class has been very easy for me to get into. My background has always been based in numbers and the relative certainty that I thought numbers provided. As I read and study more I realize that numbers, just like words can be manipulated to tell whatever stories we wish. I’ve always know this from a statistical perspective but I still felt that numbers offered more objectivity than words until I began digging deeper into these qualitative studies.

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Getting Fired

April 2nd, 2009 1 Comment

This story is about me getting fired.

I was two months away from graduating from college and I had dreams of climbing to the next rung on the corporate ladder.The job wasn’t particularly challenging or interesting but it paid the bills and I didn’t hate it. I was comfortable where I was.

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