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The Harry Potter Challenge/Reto Results
I know you’ve all been waiting with bated breath for the winners of the English speakers cognate challenge. Here are the cognates that I found, but some are more obvious than others: bilingüe = bilingual no= no lol that … Continue reading
Posted in humor, Uncategorized
Tagged blogging, cognates, Harry Potter, Humor, reading, reading critically, students, translating
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Snow Days
Snow days are awful…..says no teacher ever.
The Thing About Teaching
This is such a broad topic, and I have wildly strong opinions about education in general and specifically about teaching. But I’m going to focus here on the month of January. Whaaaat? What does January have to do with anything? … Continue reading
Posted in education
Tagged assessments, critical thinking, Education, great teachers, knowledge, military inspections, observations, reading, students, teachers, TEACHING
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I Have No Resolutions
My resolutions for the new year?? None. Okay, that’s not exactly true. 1. I want to be kinder, especially to my own family. 2. I want to pray more. 3. I want to have more patience with my students. I … Continue reading
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Tagged family, kindness, New Year, opinion, patience, peace, prayer, resolutions, students, TEACHING, wishes
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A Teaching Experience That Changed My Life
One hopes, as a teacher, to affect a child’s life in a positive way. What most teachers really want is to make a lasting impression and find out later that something they did or said guided a student’s life trajectory. What … Continue reading
Posted in education
Tagged bowling, college trips, college visits, Education, high school, life changes, Ossining High School, prepare for college, students, SUNY, SUNY Albany, SUNY Cobleskill, SUNY Delhi, teacher, TEACHING
46 Comments
Poverty, Affluence And Technology In Schools
Technology is awesome in so many ways. It has revolutionized teaching. But has increased the divide between the haves and have nots. I grew up in a very wealthy suburb of New York City. We were one of the haves. … Continue reading
Posted in education
Tagged 21st century technology, adolescence, affuence, chrome books, cultural divide, Education, iPads, laptops, opinion, poverty, smart phones, students, TEACHING, Technology, teens, working poor
32 Comments
Remembering Why I Love Teaching, Or Do I?
This is a good day to reflect on why I love to teach. Especially because the last couple of weeks have sucked. Let me rephrase that…..my lessons haven’t worked. At all. So back to the drawing board. For all of … Continue reading
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Tagged Education, grammar, high school, idiomatic expressions, languages, literature, reading, slang, students, teachers, TEACHING, thomas hardy
36 Comments
Teaching is Like Bowling.
I’m not good with unscheduled time. I end up walking around my house during summer vacations aimlessly. I think that I should polish the furniture, but end up reading instead. I think that I should clean out the closet, but … Continue reading
Posted in education, Uncategorized
Tagged blogging, bowling, Education, high school, motivation, opinion, school, school year, students, summer, teachers, TEACHING
23 Comments
This is what happens when you don’t know science words in Spanish…
I’m fluentish in Spanish. And I like making up words in other languages. Actually, I like making up words in English, too. As an example, I tell my students that I am not an abuelita, I’m an abueloca. For non-fluentish … Continue reading
Posted in humor, Uncategorized
Tagged blogs, children, Education, field trips, gardens, Humor, lifestyle, parenting, Spanish, students, TEACHING
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