100 Day Project – Day 22 – 9:40 a.m. (a day late) When teaching is challenging, ask yourself what Mr. Rogers would do. (Those of my readers who know me, know that Mr. Rogers is my all time favorite person in the world – not counting family, of course.) I’ve had a great week teaching, [...]
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100 Day Project – Day 21 – 8:04 p.m. Today at the community college where I teach the librarians hosted a Banned Book reading. The librarians had a few excerpts to read, and others brought readings as well. We heard segments from Harry Potter, Lolita, And Tango Makes Three and the entire Howl. I was [...]
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100 Day Project – Day 20 – 7:41 p.m. Today, my grasp of the craft of teaching was there for me in one of my classes. In a course – a 100 level class – with a focus on learning to bring creative experiences to the young child – I changed my plans completely 20 [...]
Day 100 Project – Day 19 – 7:53 p.m. The excuses, oh sorry, reasons, have begun. Why my reading response is late, and when I’ll get it in to you — okay? I’ve learned at community college that many excuses are reasons; and incredibly legitimate reasons. Just today a young woman called to tell me [...]
100 Day Project – Day 18 – 1:45 p.m. (when I started) “Here’s the lesson: If you have something to say on the page, don’t hesitate. Don’t procrastinate. Don’t make excuses. Seize every moment you find to write. Honor your voice and your stories. Starting now. Because this moment is all we have–take it from [...]
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100 Day Project – Day 17 – 9:47 p.m. If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe A student that I had last semester came up to [...]
100 Day Project – Day 16 – 6:23 a.m. “There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a factory out there — good for you. But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for. You hired [...]
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100 Day Project – Day 15 – 9:17 p.m. Today was a teaching high! Last fall in a 100 level course for pre-service early care and education students, I introduced the concept of deciding what you will read when. Well, it’s not really choosing what you will read of any material – but what you [...]
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100 Day Project – Day 14 – 12:26 p.m. A wonderful family weekend results in Monday morning moments of “Should I feel regretful?” because all of the homework and planning I was going to do over the weekend remains undone. A never ending challenge to my own commitment to good teaching is brought on by [...]
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100 Days Project Day 11 – Take Two Not that anyone is reading my posts, but I realized that I miscounted already! As I recommend to my Student Success class students, organization is the key to everything; so take away is that I need to pre-number a calendar and that way I’ll keep track of [...]
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