by altha-admin | Jun 3, 2012 | Articles
This afternoon, I overheard a librarian admit to a teacher that she had considered going into teaching. "I like working with kids," she beamed. She was the story-teller for the kids who visited the library on Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings. "But...
by altha-admin | Jun 3, 2012 | Articles
It was one week before my students teaching at Dana Middle School was about to end. The mentor teacher for the two eighth grade classes, Will, asked me about interviews that I was going to take. "Well, the first question that they are going to ask you," he...
by altha-admin | Jun 3, 2012 | Articles
I am pleased to see that the Harvard liberal Elizabeth Warren is having a hard time maintaining any kind of edge in the Bay State. Some polls suggest that she is two to three points behind, while other polls point out that she is tied in a dead heat with the military...
by altha-admin | Jun 3, 2012 | Articles
If there was one taunt that used to get on my nerves, it was "Are you mad?" Most students have very little to offer or accomplish in class, so they amuse themselves with funny ways of provoking each other or tempting the teacher to lose his temper. I regret...
