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I have just finished reading RJ’s post about the CNN reports about a conservative man offering money to students in exchange for class notes and lectures of teachers who push liberal agendas. The CNN articles are here and here.
I must agree with you RJ over having discomfort over this whole mess. [...]
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Through my bloglines, I have come across a website that I think will prove interesting for those who are computer proficient, as well as the computer neophytes. What first attracted me was the list of “The 46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities.” This list gives links to the companies in which you can download free internet browsers, [...]
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As I was reading this week’s selection from Brophy’s book about supporting students’ confidence, I became slightly confused about the differences between “Internal focus of control,” and “Concept of self as origin rather than pawn” (58).
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In my bloglines, I have feeds from four different news sources. One of these is CNN, and recently they ran an article about Sea Piracy being on the rise again. I know what you may thinking, “Sea Pirates, what does this [...]
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First off, Jessica, don’t become offended by news articles, especially those in which use averages and statistics, they don’t apply to everyone. Also, when you make these types of posts, would you be willing to supply a URL for the article. [...]
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As I was reading the article “A First Look at the Literacy of America’s Adults in the 21st Century,” I stopped at one of the charts and took a closer look. It was Table 7: Average prose, document and quantitative literacy scores of adults, by educational attainment: 1992 and 2003. I was very much surprised [...]
Greetings, Again, I have messed up. I posted the comment without having any knowledge of the trackback feature, which means that I posted it directly onto Amy’s blog, without it being traceable to me. Thus I have to repost it with the trackback feature, so that I can and will get credit [...]
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As I was reading today, I noted that a gentleman by the name of E.D. Hirsch, Jr. was quoted from his book Cultural Literacy: What every American should know (1987). In this book he argues that there is a list of things that students must know before they can become useful and functioning members [...]
While, and after, reading this piece by Tozer, I did two things, first I thought of how this applied to me as a future teacher, and second I found a couple articles online about how we have progressed since then. I will address both lines of thought individually. [...]
