Visiting Cuba
My parents took vacation in Cuba. This is their story. Our Arrival in Cuba A Short (not very complete) History of Cuba Taino People arrive from Dominican Republic 300 CE First European settlement...
View ArticleTuesday In Cuba
My parents went on vacation in Cuba, this is their story Tuesday, 23 May 2016. Breakfast at the hotel. First on our agenda today, a lecture by Alberto Faya a retired from the university professor of...
View ArticleFirst day of school
I was not ready to start today, but the kids they came anyway. I’m going back to basics this year. I went full on open learning last year and it just didn’t work. I’m not good enough at wrangling cats...
View ArticleDay two it could have been better
Ah day two, the sophomore slump. It wasn’t so bad, but started kind of rough. Someone decided to teach the kids a new slang word, but he didn’t teach them what it meant. So when I heard a kid saying …...
View ArticleDay 3 week one in the books
As the AP said as we were walking back in, no fights first week of school. While not the highest measure of success it is a success. Actually I think we have been doing pretty good. I haven’t written...
View ArticleWeek 2 Hump Day
Yeah, Wednesday. Kids go home early and we stick around an hour for PD. The week is halfway over and the school year has just started and I’m more busy than ever. I can’t even keep up with grading the...
View ArticleWhat is this week 4?
The school year is beginning to take on the uniformity where you can’t really tell one week from the other. Real content started Friday. We are starting the progression of a 15 day (or so) rotation....
View ArticleCrisis of Conscience
Here I am again teaching math. I was told to teach the EngageNY curriculum. This is about 180 days of lessons and tests. I thought maybe it would be nice to present the material to the students in two...
View ArticleWriting not publishing
I”ve been writing, but for a number of reasons not hitting the publish button. I used to know how to fix education, now I don’t so I stopped telling everyone how to teach. I used to have deep thoughts...
View ArticlePredator
Was Harvey Weinstein a good businessman because he was a predator? I don’t know the man personally or care enough about him or his work to do research, I’m just wondering. It seems to me that the...
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