by Dawn | Mar 22, 2013 | education reform, family, motivation, parenting, satire, sustainability, Teaching, technology, Uncategorized
I am reading my son’s school newsletter. It does an excellent job discussing the Common Cores. I know this because I use Common Cores all day myself. The school is calling for a 50/50 balance of literary and informational text. I support this because I am a...
by Dawn | Feb 20, 2013 | education reform, family, martial arts, parenting, politics, satire, self-improvement, Teaching
Chess Story One: Playing Chess with the Boy We are playing chess. Declan and I. I started playing at about five. Never mastered it, because I don’t think several moves head. I’m too social. I’d rather talk. In chess, you must think several moves...
by Dawn | Feb 20, 2013 | education reform, politics, satire, Teaching
I don’t like the faculty bathroom. It may be a strange topic, but when I have to go to the bathroom, I use the regular student bathroom at the end of the hall. I have a key to the faculty bathroom–it’s a prized possession in my school–my colleague...
by Dawn | Feb 17, 2013 | gratitude, self-improvement, simplicity, spirituality, writing
Geoff Talbot’s blog, Seven Sentences , was the first thing I read today. His goal–inspiring the world daily in just seven sentences. Brilliant. I am the opposite of “seven sentences.” I’m “seven million sentences.” I look...
by Dawn | Feb 7, 2013 | education reform, Teaching
Today, an idea was born. I was talking with one of my upperclassmen. He showed me a picture of his new car. We had talked cars before–this was a different one. Turns out he’s been flipping cars. He’s sourced the welding to a friend’s dad,...
