Tag Archives: teaching

Is It Legal?

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Joy

Boy, what do you all think of this? Are you with the student or the school? What do you think should have happened? Is “hell” a really bad word to you? Where do you draw the line or shouldn’t this … Continue reading →

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Are History Lessons Being Neglected?

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Joy

Is history important to you? I’ve always loved history. Mostly American history but I really do love all history. So when I read this, it made me feel bad. Who decides what gets taken out of our classroom curriculum’s? Remember when … Continue reading →

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You’re Fired?

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Laura

In the town west of me, there is a controversy that’s been going on for quite a while.  They have a football team at the high school that has a pretty gruesome record. One of their games in a recent … Continue reading →

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How early is too early to earn part of your own keep?

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Joy

I know we’ve talked about this before but it was a long time ago and other than SKL, most of the others who come here, didn’t then. So, one more time. What brought this up was I was chatting this … Continue reading →

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Pet Peeve #3289: Pronoun Trouble

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Laura

Yep, another Pet Peeve Post. I have a lot of ’em. Bring them out when I have nothing else to say. Which is why you don’t see them very often. So here’s my Peeve: Adults who talk in the third … Continue reading →

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Why can’t we spell it correctly?

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Laura

Josh is in first grade now, and starting to read chapter books.  He’s a massive fan of the Magic Treehouse Books, and I am too. I love that the whole point of them is to encourage reading, imagination and adventure. … Continue reading →

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Can we blog about whatever we want to?

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Joy

When I was reading through the news when I got up this morning, this is an article I saw and it really left me wondering. I keep thinking “well, on the other hand” and “if it were my child” or “it’s … Continue reading →

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Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huck Finn’s now politically correct!

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Joy

Okay all. I know we normally don’t post on Friday’s but since this is such big news, I wanted to see if anyone wanted to talk about it. I got this from here. “A new edition of “The Adventures of … Continue reading →

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Undercover Lunch Lady: Do Kids Use Manners?

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Joy

This was on the news the other night and I couldn’t wait to see it. Especially since this is what I did many moons ago. I wrote this post on manners a long time ago so most of you know … Continue reading →

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