Jun
19
“If I could give three words of advice, they would be ‘tell the truth.’ If I got three more words, I’d add: ‘All the time.’ –Randy Pausch, in, The Last Lecture Here’s the thing we have to remember: Politicians use language. They search for phrases that will resonate hypnotically within us. Good political phrases are …
Oct
26
Every day, my 8th graders tackle a paragraph riddled with errors and make corrections. I get these at Education World. We then go over the errors as a class. Pretty straight forward, right? Well, most of the time. This was today’s unedited text: Dedicated on October 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty was a gift …
Oct
12
Ludwig Wittgenstein: “Tell me, why do people always say that it was natural for men to assume that the sun went around the earth rather than the earth was rotating?” Friend: “Well, obviously, because it just looks as if the sun is going around the earth.” Wittgenstein: “Well, what would it look like if it …
Feb
26
The car skidded off the road, and the two occupants, a man and his son, were badly injured. In the ambulance, on the way to the hospital, the father died. The son was taken straight to emergency surgery. The surgeon on call took one look at the patient and gasped, “Oh no . . .it’s …
Oct
10
Like a potent virus, Jud swept into the computer lab and quickly infected over half my computers–not to mention the kids using them. “NO WAY!! How did it know that?” “Ask Jud who is standing behind you!” “THAT IS FREAKY!!!” “Ask Jud what the name of my dog is!” “JUD GETS IT RIGHT EVERY TIME!!!” …
Jun
06
I’m one of those types always on the lookout for life’s most lucrative secrets. You know what I mean: Why does he always seem so confident and at ease? Why does that person seem to keep making the same mistakes? Why can’t I ever figure this out? How can I transform myself from a lowly …
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