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As I have mentioned in an earlier post, I love supervising student teachers. For a variety of reasons. It's much like driving around town at night, glimpsing in lit and uncovered windows to see how the other half decorates. I have been in inspiring rooms Read More...
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I love, love, love teaching in a middle school. I love the humor, the screaming hormones, the variety in size, shape, development. Middle schools are my favorite places to be. I don't even mind the smells of middle schooler bodies after gym class. But Read More...
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S o, I have been very busy getting used to my new gig and protesting in Madison. Our Governor is ruining our state. The sick will be sicker and become hopeless, the poor will become even more poor and be forced to live even less healthy lives, the wonderful Read More...
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Every day that passes, I am more grateful for working through enough stuff to quit EBDland and move on to teaching at the university level. I loved EBDland, but it was killing me. Literally. So, the best part of this new gig? Well, there are many. But Read More...
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Sorry I have been out of it for so long. That certainly was not my intention or preference. As mentioned before, Movie Man was having a most challenging transition to middle school and Superman was presenting a bit more aggression than usual and was expressing Read More...
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Readers, please take time to read the following post written by an exceptionally caring and talented teacher. Daisy's blog is Compost Happen s and is listed as one of my favorites. She is definitely not the only teacher faced with this problem. It's complicated Read More...
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I am afraid for Movie Man. I am heartbroken for him. I just don't know what to do. I have most often advocated for him and intuitively believe much of what he is displaying behaviorally is systematic of other issues. Hubs and I don't always agree on Movie Read More...
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I now have one 2 hour class session and one 2 hour student teacher meeting under my belt. And I believe I am in love. I believe I made the right choice. I know I made the right choice. I wasn't so sure while I was in syllabus writing ***. And it was ***. Read More...
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On the home front, we have a very nervous Movie Man entering middle school. So nervous, in fact, we took another trip to his pediatric psych. Hopefully we have the right solutions and we will avoid what we have gone through for many years. Anxiety is Read More...
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Wowy zowy!!! I am so excited to report that despite principal's lack of support, Aunt Sally will be used it the EBD room this year! Art teacher approached new EBD teacher and asked if she was interested in pursuing the use of Aunt Sally or if she really Read More...
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So, I get a call yesterday from my Aunt Sally partner saying we needed to get Aunt Sally out of my old room. Say what? Really? Yes, principal barked this order to my partner in passing. What happened to all the support we got for Aunt Sally from her? Read More...
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Hey All, I stepped away from much of my routine to celebrate Foodie getting married. What a great week away. What a great wedding. What a great Union. What a great daughter-in-law I got. Anyway, when I returned home with Superman (Movie Man and Hub stayed Read More...
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No. I am not through presenting my argument against the overuse, the misuse, and the abuse of behaviorism in our schools. We really must continue this crusade to reform how we manipulate manage kids. Alfie Kohn stresses that behaviorism is nothing more Read More...
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Well, since FOREVER. Really. I am not fibbing here. I am not exaggerating either. I know I can get a bit overzealous and rabid about the whole behaviorism topic. It's only because it is one of the topics I am most sure about. You all know by now that Read More...
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OK, so I posted all those fabulous ponderable quotes last week. Did you all talk amongst yourselves? Don't you just love, love, love Alfie Kohn? What I really like about Punished By Rewards is how Kohn thoroughly examines, explains and analyzes behaviorist Read More...
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