“I once knew a boy who didn’t look both ways before crossing the street, and one day on the way home from school he was eaten by wolves!”
Archive for November, 2009
Consequences
Posted in Speeches, tagged Concept Aquisition, Discipline, Faith, Halloween, History, Memory, Siblings, Teaching on November 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Islands v. 1.2
Posted in Lesson Plans, Push, tagged Concept Aquisition, Faith, Freshmen, Literature, Teaching, Writing on November 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I love my honors ninth grade class.
Paper
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Discipline, Faith, Teaching, Writing on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The student felt that if he stared at the paper hard enough he would certainly succeed. This was never a question of innate skill or practice, but rather of focus and steely determination tempered by affability. He was not tense. His wrists lay in his lap, palms turned slightly upward, hands lying like sheets of [...]
Twelve
Posted in Lesson Plans, Losses, tagged Concept Aquisition, Faith, Literature, Teaching on November 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Stop whining.
Palimpsest
Posted in Speeches, tagged Concept Aquisition, Faith, History, Language, Literature, Memory, Teaching on November 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I love interviews before boxing matches. What is this, debate club?
Islands
Posted in Lesson Plans, Wins, tagged Concept Aquisition, Faith, Freshmen, Literature, Teaching on November 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Thank the Lord that we’re not on that island. We would all die.
Mission
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Faith, Language, Poetry, Teaching on November 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »
A paradise within thee, happier far.
Statues
Posted in Speeches, tagged Faith, Literature, Memory, Siblings, Teaching on November 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Aslan’s breath is on us and we are about to come to life.
Worship
Posted in Speeches, tagged Faith, History, Literature, Siblings, Teaching on November 6, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I for one am glad that teaching doesn’t mean forcing people to be perfect.
Silence
Posted in Essays, tagged Concept Aquisition, Discipline on November 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This is a serious institution, where serious learning takes place, unlike kindergarten, 5th grade, 8th grade, freshman year, sophomore year, junior year, public school, home school, Great Britain, or that OTHER teacher’s class.
