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Straight post here. My Ed301 class at Towson U began tonight. Several important things to note: 1. I love teaching this course. 2. This semester’s group is, like so many of my other groups, outstanding. 3. Put those two together, and Wednesday nights are nothing short of dream teaching. But they are also draining, going…
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It’s heeeeeeeeeere: the month all Marylanders dread: February, aka the blizzard brewer, and I’m not talking about Dairy Queen’s treat of the week. This is the month that has tested the bonds of Valentine’s Day lovers (and, not inconsequentially, created a boom of births in early November…). We’ve been teased enough with these systems running…
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Ok, folks. Here it is: The real reason I teach. I know that you non-educators out there think that it’s all about the summer vacation, but you’ve got it all wrong–at least for this teacher. Maybe you think it’s for the salary….wrong again. Oh, I’m sure there are some saps out there that think it’s…
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Photo: rus vanwestervelt, taken in Orlando, FL when visiting my sister/brother-in-law Welcome to the first edition of Good News Sunday, inspired entirely by my sister Cindy, currently spending her days and nights in the Magic Kingdom… 🙂 So without further ado, let’s begin! Here are three things I think are worth celebrating this week: 1.…
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Dear Casey, I’m listening to the playlist I made for you two years ago (well, maybe it was a day or two after this day in 2007), and nothing has really changed since that day. We all miss you so much and are so, so sad that you are not here with us. You continue…
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(photos courtesy of Brian Truax) A long-time friend of mine, Becky, told me about Brian years ago. She had nothing but great things to say about him and his work as president with the Towson Art Collective (TAC). Brian and the TAC show up on my newsfeed all the time on Facebook, and every time…
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(all photos by rus vanwestervelt) I’m posting a little early today, as I know my evening is going to be filled with final 2nd-quarter grading (certain we’ll have school tomorrow…). I also have some last-minute planning to do for our “big meeting” in Journalism regarding our strategic shift for the second term. We’ll save all…
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We had a snow day today, and that always means great things for me. Plenty of time to write, listen to some great music, and think. Ponder. Create. Today’s victim opportunity? Maryland Voices. I, and a few other people, created the 9/11 project a few days after the attacks on America on September 11, 2001.…
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Crazy day/night, but immersed in the things that matter most to me. Opening Impressions: 1. The last of the mid-terms were administered today, and now the clock is ticking to post grades before tomorrow afternoon. Normally, this wouldn’t be a big deal, but we’ve got a strong “winter weather event” coming through the area tomorrow,…
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This will be my final post, at least for now, about firefighting, the death of Mark Falkenhan, and my own profound respect for the men and women who put their lives on the line every day for you and me. Mark Falkenhan was buried today. I was at school during the funeral and the procession,…
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