Category: teaching
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Texas approves explicitly conservative curriculum
The writing was on the wall for a while, but Texas just approved a revision to its history curriculum. It has an explicit conservative bent — I mean, literally, students are to learn about “the conservative resurgence of the 1980s and 1990s, including Phyllis Schlafly, the Contract With America, the Heritage Foundation, the Moral Majority…
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Some PSAs on the Health Care Debate
“We’re #37“ And, who’s looking out for the Insurance Companies? Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell
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Week 34 in the Program
Weight this week | Change since last week | Total change 259.8 | ? | -113.2 OK, I should have posted this nearly a week ago. But it’s been a whirlwind and I just couldn’t get to it. Surprisingly still on track, despite my trip to California. I had thought I’d gain some, since my…
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Week 28 in the Program
Weight this week | Change since last week | Total change 268.4 | -2.6 | -104.6 Not that much to note. I’m back on track and feeling good about it. Soon I’ll be switching to Thursdays instead of Tuesdays for the weigh-in, so that will glitch the weekly numbers a little.
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Lunacon 2009 (2): Friday late night
One of the fun things about cons is that they go on and on into the late night (at least by my standards). I went to a couple of late-evening sessions last night: “Strangers Have the Best Candy” and “Adult Filking”.
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The (non) Importance of Caring
A former student of mine at some point had a facebook status that read, Why should I study something I don’t care about? Why should teachers teach something they don’t care about? Actually, to be 100% accurate, the student’s status said that this was in someone else‘s status. But still… “Why should I study something…
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America the Beautiful
A stirring rendition, courtesy of Beyoncé at HBO’s “We Are One” Inauguration Concert.
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McCain’s VP
So, Senator John McCain has chosen Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska, as his running mate. Wow. It’s taken me a while to get my head around this. Sarah Palin is a political neophyte — if your main charge is that Barack Obama is inexperienced, then you have to see Sarah Palin as INEXPERIENCED. All of…