The other day I posted an exchange I had with a parent about farting. Today I follow that up with another interesting, though not nearly as outrageous exchange. One thing to note this time around is that although I emailed Dad’s email address (like last time), Mom was the one who replied. There is a …
Category Archive: Teaching
Jan
08
Farting and the art of parent communication
Alright. I’ve got this student who likes to act like a complete moron (I presume) to get attention. Notice here, I did not say that he was a complete moron. I said he likes to act like one. There’s a difference. It’s called tact. Remember that term–tact. It’s a key concept in dealing with parents …
Jan
08
“Why I’m Not Sorry.” Inside the Adolescent Mind
I collected this about a year ago as part of a disciplinary plan from a student who cut a healthy lock of hair from a girls head. I had posted it then, but some of his classmates alerted him to the posting and made a big stink out of it. So I post it again …
Dec
18
Sep
30
Yeah but . . . what about aliens?
Every day I have students work on their editing skills by finding and correcting mistakes in a paragraph. Today one of the sentences was: In September 1846, a german astronomer Johann Galle became the first to observe the planet Neptune. One of my students wanted to make this change: In September 1846, a german astronomer …
Mar
26
Somebody please just like, shoot me.
I’m correcting quizzes for Treasure Island, the novel we are currently reading. Each question requires an essay/short answer response. The first question is: Describe Treasure Island, including the hills and vegetation. This is one of the responses: “Treasure Island has like trees and like different types and there is like a stream in it and …
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