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  • Sesame Street AND Yo Gabba Gabba, please!

    I am a public school teacher. When I am teaching your children to read, write, compute, make & keep friends, stay healthy, use good manners, see other people's point of view, and self-regulate, I cannot compete for student attention with an exciting, non-stop, loud, energetic guy in an orange jumpsuit. The new preschooler show, Yo Gabba ...
    Posted to Family by Slaterbug on November 18, 2009

  • Boomers Smoking

    I agree with the Dr.'s post previous to mine. I believe that each of us has a right to do what we think is best for us. I believe marijuana has many medicinal uses and that this slight risk is less than most presciption medications on the market. Look at the side effects of some of these meds and tell me would you rather take them or smoke ...
    Posted to Science by Conita1 on September 28, 2009

  • Implications for teachers

    What implications does this have for me, as a teacher of young children? Does it mean that the more I set achievable challenges which tempt them to seek knowledge for themselves, the more they will enjoy and seek learning opportunities? Does it mean that this experience of enjoyment in learning will consequently motivate them to create ways to ...
    Posted to Science by dotcoe on August 15, 2009

  • Cannabis College In Oakland

    One of California's most lucrative cash crops is thriving above ground in Oakland, as medical marijuana has become big business downtown. http://www.webcastr.com/videos/news/cannabis-college-in-oakland.html
    Posted to Ballot Box by tonybeme on November 5, 2008

  • Thanks for Researching This, Rather Than Healthy Family Life

    The complete and inane turpitude of every aspect of American life and attitudes and values continues to astonish me, over time. I would guess that no American living today under the age of 20 or 30 knows or can conceive of the Great American Family as I experienced it, along with so many other Americans, in the 1950s and 1960s here in America. I ...
    Posted to The Dismal Science by MichaelBernard2 on September 29, 2008

  • Hello Goodbye, Melvyl and Bob Brass

    You two really ''went to town'' or ''to the mat'' here in this string, didn't you? I came across Bob Brass posting much later, and trailed him back here. Bob is of high intelligence, got a good education, his Mom taught kids in New York City most if not all of her career, and Bob worked as an analyst of sorts for Uncle Sam. Melvyl is also an ...
    Posted to The Dismal Science by MichaelBernard1 on July 28, 2008

  • Hire Relatives instead of Talent

    I can't speak for the whole country, but in my area the hiring of relatives over talent is very common. I hear a lot of ''my aunt was a teacher here for 30 years, so I never even had to sub.'' Teachers who get their jobs this way rarely worry about reprimand for poor jobs. When I sub for their classes I find lots of movies on the lesson plans. ...
    Posted to The Dismal Science by jude115 on July 14, 2008

  • Revamp Teacher Training and...

    The problem isn't so much about firing underperforming teachers as it is about a revamping a system that is out of touch with the world that teachers and students live in. It's a temporary fix to hire a clean-up hitter to come in at the end of the game and repair a damaged school. Will his staff still be cranking out detailed lesson plans in 10 ...
    Posted to The Dismal Science by o'really on July 11, 2008

  • I am thinking of going back to teaching

    I was a TA at the ripe old age of 22, teaching freshman composition at the college level. Needless to say, I had neither the presence nor the intellectual requirements to really be effective (although I do run into my old students from time to time, who are kind enough to assure me I did no lasting harm). Now, after 30 years in business, I am ...
    Posted to The Dismal Science by Hoboken on July 11, 2008

  • Nothing More Important

    There is no more important job. None. Not doctor, not president, not garbage man or police officer. A nation’s educational system has always been equal to its success. Teaching is the wellspring from which we get new technologies. It is our primary source of both economic and military strength. The U.S. is not a military super power because ...
    Posted to The Dismal Science by Den on July 11, 2008