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I follow Seth Godin’s blog, and he often has posts that apply well to education (although his audience is people trying to market a business).    I sent one of his posts–on the power of “looking it up”– to some … Continue reading →

the apodosis being some variant of “why teach it?”   While the sentiment may serve as a useful rallying cry against teaching that would have been out of date twenty years ago, no less today, it is nonetheless annoying–perhaps because … Continue reading →

Purpose of Grading Presumably, the purpose of grading is to assess how well a student knows something or can do something (or both). Historical background When I was a student here, the average grade was around 75, and the high … Continue reading →

The headmaster sent an article from Inside Higher Education that dealt with excellence in teaching at universities. I thought it was interesting and  handed it out  to my senior English class (those that were here, anyway), and after they read … Continue reading →

Matthew Kreutter, one of my seniors, just told me I should teach a course on “Important Shit” and everyone should take it. LOL It came about because my senior “Philosophy and Literature” course spent the first half of the term … Continue reading →

In the best classrooms, learning should be a symbiosis between the students and the teacher(s).  That is how I would describe a “learning community.” Instead of teachers’ mostly presenting material or narrowing the field of inquiry, they should provide the … Continue reading →

At an AMA yesterday, I was asked whether a scientist should publish his results if he knew the result would be used for evil.  If you have no social conscience, then the answer is “of course.”  For me, the issue … Continue reading →

Stayed late to grade math tests yesterday aftn ’cause I knew I’d want to be with the grandboys when I got home.  Taught first period, worked with a colleague second period finishing assigning grades to Math 3 tests and deciding … Continue reading →