Tag: education
group name: theopenjournal
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July 10, 2007 11:58 AM EDT --
In the English speaking world outside America (yes, there is a world outside America) there has been a lot made of the fact that many Americans just do not know many basic things about American history. . . . more
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September 15, 2006 07:22 PM EDT --
Ten years have passed now since that night's events unfolded, yet they are burned in my mind like they happened yesterday.
It was a normal Thursday evening; I had just finished getting my . . . more
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June 03, 2008 07:24 AM EDT --
Oh, Spring, it comes every year in kindergarten. And like the irises now blooming in my garden, my children open up and express their own individuality, by self selecting a piece of literature that . . . more
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January 19, 2007 09:12 PM EST --
So I started at Kent Jan. 16th. Tuesday.
Week One went very well. I'm taking 5 classes:
ENGLISH STUDIES TR 09:30-10:45AM RCM 00211 . . . more
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October 09, 2006 06:49 AM EDT --
Let's play a word game. Starting at A and going to Z. Find a word that you don't know and write the meaning to it. let's build our vocabulary. let's all have fun on this one. let's . . . more
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June 01, 2008 06:46 AM EDT --
A couple of weeks ago, Lena and I were sitting outside on my porch and she mentioned that she had a collection of instruments that she thought might be fun to bring into class. The kids might really . . . more
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March 13, 2007 11:01 AM EDT --
I promise you cannot read these and not laugh out loud. These are real notes written by parents in an ALABAMA school district. Spellings have been left intact.
My son is under . . . more
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June 15, 2007 05:55 AM EDT --
One of the most important thing one can do for a child is to read aloud to them. Reading good quality picture books (both fiction and non-fiction) not only expands a child's knowledge but also . . . more
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January 21, 2007 06:54 PM EST --
I am curious ---- I was born in the early 50's --- I remember precisely my first encounter with racism. I was thinking about putting together a collection memories about racism. Any little . . . more
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September 16, 2006 06:54 PM EDT --
This is being reposted a and with additions, I need advice, this has gone up to the Super's office and it looks like they are not going to stop doing this to kids here. Not without a court fight. I . . . more
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October 31, 2007 10:07 PM EDT --
When I look back on my early school days, celebrating holidays were certainly some of my fondest memories. I loved those old Halloween school parties where the mothers would bake the most delicious . . . more
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September 24, 2006 05:24 PM EDT --
This was emailed to me by my aunt Marlene.
A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?"
"Because I'm a woman," she told him. . . . more
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August 08, 2007 12:09 PM EDT --
When I was in college, I was forced to take a Career Development class. It’s funny, I graduated with full honors, but I despised that class. It was the only class I went into with a closed mind, . . . more
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May 16, 2008 08:19 PM EDT --
As many of you know on Gather, each day I teach two sessions of kindergarten. Recently, we received a grant from the state and next year, all day kindergarten will be intoduced in my town. . . . more
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May 14, 2007 04:43 PM EDT --
I rediscovered reading and writing in my mid thirties. I had done nill to none with either for quite sometime. But slowly, I came to the realization, my education wasn't complete and that . . . more
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February 27, 2007 02:15 PM EST --
I haven't been on gather for a bit of time because my life has gotten a bit more busy lately and because of other reasons. So, I thought I would do a little bit of catch-up with this article.
I have . . . more
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June 07, 2007 08:04 AM EDT --
Reading and writing have become a very famialiar in the Kindergarten classroom. In September the children are introduced to both of these skills at circle time. As a teacher, I read to them . . . more
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May 14, 2008 11:12 AM EDT --
The students in the Masconomet Regional High School advanced Wood Tech class had a real hands-on challenge. They created a boat, large enough to hold a person, out of one sheet of . . . more
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November 11, 2006 07:44 PM EST --
"Did you ever save that card your father gave you?" My mother and I were having one of our weekly chats on the phone catching up on the small things. Every now and then, our conversations tend . . . more
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June 04, 2007 12:31 PM EDT --
Some stories in the UK last week ought to remind us that freedom and democracy (or freeman moxy if you are American) is being eroded by creeping fascism.
First story concerns the fatigued firefighters . . . more
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