by Arthur Schaper | Jul 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
Patterson wraps up his final words with a somber note on how his cigarette habit deprived him of more years with his family. But it’s also clear that he loved life while he was here and was determined to go out with one last laugh. And his wife confirmed to...
by Arthur Schaper | Jul 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
Diversion Indeed — and it’s not Working. . .President has no record to run on, except the broken one that keeps blaming George W. Bush, the weather, the sun, the moon, the starts for all the troubles besetting our country and economy.This man was a...
by Arthur Schaper | Jul 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Proposition 32 is about more than leveling the playing field of special interests in Sacramento. It’s about protecting the special interest of the individual state worker, whose paycheck gets garnished without his consent and then the money gets spend on causes,...
by Arthur Schaper | Jul 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Some Missing Chapters are in OrderHarry Wong’s chinty little masterpiece — masterful in covering up the unseemly aspects of public education — needs another set of chapters on the ins and outs — mostly, outs — of teaching.Here is a...
by Arthur Schaper | Jul 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Schools Do not Allow Teachers to Be EffectiveI bought into the rhetoric.I liked the idea that teaching did not have to be too difficult.Like many other teachers who had been in the profession, the teachers whom I had visited in the local schools where I had attended,...
by Arthur Schaper | Jul 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
“The First Day of School” is a best-seller in the education training business.I received a copy of this book the first day of teacher credential school.At South East High School in South Gate, the lead teacher who wanted to prepare us for the next academic...
