RSU 19 has already advised students that our Substitute Teacher and Suicide Prevention Workshops are postponed due to illness (mine!). The new schedule is
Substitute Teacher, Part 1, Tuesday, November 3, 6:00 – 8:30
Substitute Teacher, Part 2, Thursday, November 5, 6:00 – 8:30
Suicide Prevention, Thursday, November 12, 6:00 – 8:00 (CORRECTED)
If you’d like to attend (both are free), call RSU Adult Ed at 207 368-3290.
I suppose we could have some fun with the fact that a substitute was not available for the Substitute Teacher Workshop. I’ll probably tell you about the time I was walking down the hall at school when a student came out of a classroom and grabbed me. “Mr. Boomsma, we don’t have a teacher!”
Learning should be fun, and life is the best teacher!
Mark Rober gets it. In less than 15 minutes, you’ll learn a lot about learning (and teaching), discover a few things about science, and have a good time.
If you’re not a science teacher or student or parent, see if you can catch the important truths! Hint: Learning should be…
RSU 19 Adult Ed in Newport will host my workshop for substitute teachers and wannabes. I’ll be happy to answer any questions about the content, but you’ll need to register with RSU 19 Adult Ed.
I remember a middle school essay I wrote. Well, actually, I don’t. I do remember the teacher’s correction. She wielded her red pen to explain that she docked my grade for misspelling the word “truly” seven times (truely). I wanted to ask her two questions.
Since I thought I’d spelled it correctly the first time, why would I spell it any other way subsequently? (The essay was written in longhand, before pre-spellchecking existed.)
Why did she not justifiably criticize my overuse of the word? (It was a short essay.)
In fairness to Mrs. Alexander, I never mispelled “truly” again.
What lessons are you learning that you aren’t actually (truly?) being taught?
Quick Quips are a developing feature of the Walter Writes Blog, which explores simplicity in a complicated world.
Effective parenting is not an easy task, but I recently saw it in action. The simple magic was that this parent was not raising two daughters — she already has two daughters. She is raising two adults.
What are you raising?
Quick Quips are a developing feature of the Walter Writes Blog, which explores simplicity in a complicated world.
