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Jobs & Careers > Education Jobs What abilities must you have to become a teacher?: 2 of 16

It is often said that the three most important things about real estate are "location, location, location!" In teaching, those three most important things are "patience, patience, patience!" It is easy for all of us to forget what it was like to be a kid in school. The best teachers remember because they approach their jobs ...
Education > Teachers & Administrators Are we giving students too much power over teachers?: 1 of 8

There is a small town in Connecticut where it is so tough to get a teaching job the school board actually auditions teachers in front of classes. The students rate the teacher for effectiveness and likeability. These "grades" are used to determine who gets hired or promoted. Instances like these are rare. Connecticut pays it...
Education > Early Childhood Ed Can you teach a child to read too early?: 2 of 7

Most people have the best intentions when they try to give their children a head start in an academic area. Academic competition begins at an earlier age than ever, with tests to get into pre-school and tracking programs starting in the early grades. Kids who get to the head of the class early in their lives tend...
Politics, News & Issues > Baseball News & Opinion Debating whether Mark McGwire should be in the baseball Hall of Fame: 5 of 14

As a life long Cardinal fan it was tough to watch Big Mack get choked when he refused to answer questions asked by a Congressional inquiry about his involvement with steroids. It was embarrassing, as being moved to tears in public often is. But it made me think of another time I saw him nearly get blubbery during a press con...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenthood Dads: To stay at home or not to stay at home: 6 of 15

Talk about a bad day. It was almost exactly a year ago that I was hit by two bombs of bad news on the same day, that my father had passed away and that I would not be asked back to my job. I was a teacher in a charter school that was getting a new principal who wanted to bring in more of his own people. As for my father, he ...
Home & Garden > Lawn & Landscaping Using stones in landscaping: Are man-made or natural stones better?: 4 of 8

This was a tough debate to weigh in on. I love working with all kinds of stone in my garden. But let's get one thing straight right away. There is no place in a carefully crafted garden for cheap manufactured stone blocks like the ones you find at giant home improvement stores. The only advantage of these stones is that they...
Education > Educational Philosophy Why character development is an integral part of a quality education: 2 of 4

To put it simply, character development is an integral part of a quality education because character development is an integral part of human development. Without developing our character we are incomplete. Without character education, education is incomplete. In the 100 years or so that we have had a formal educ...
Politics, News & Issues > Baseball News & Opinion Baseball predictions: Surprise teams of 2008: 1 of 1

Part of the fun of gearing up for another baseball season is predicting which teams will make the playoffs. There's no shortage of TV analysts to give their two cents and most true fans can rattle off, with certainty, who will make the playoffs and win the World Series. What you don't hear often are predictions about the lon...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Teachers: 9 of 17

I work with the "struggling" reading group, and I wouldn't have it any other way. These kids are the misunderstood geniuses. As reluctant contributors, I suspect that they have all the answers but just don't care to share them. And while they struggle to read, they always find it easy to laugh at a good joke. We were working...
Arts & Humanities > Museums & Galleries Imagine that you have decided to launch a new museum ... what type of museum would you establish and why?: 7 of 13

Here's a hint: I'll need a lot of refrigerators and magnets. That's right, a museum of children's art! Of course I was kidding about the refrigerators, but I think it would be neat to have a museum completely devoted to art created by children, if there isn't such a museum already. As an elementary school teacher I am consta...