October 23, 2007

Gatto, NYS Teacher of the Year (1991)

Hello Class,
John Taylor Gatto’s article was riveting, bringing awareness to the fallacies of the education system that goes ignored or forgotten. Gatto writes from the perspective of a far left-wing radical that is disgusted with America’s values, both educationally and socially. Very “tongue and cheek,” Gatto’s article may be hard for some to swallow.
Gatto begins [...]

October 23, 2007

Blogroll

Hello, All.  I just wanted to write a quick post telling you how I did get the chance to upgrade our blogroll.  You can find ‘er on the bottom right-hand side of the blog.  I added Jessica’s blog, Dr. Stearns’ blog, my blog, and two sites: the standards site and a cool site that Dr. [...]

October 23, 2007

Office Hours on 10/23

I’ll be in my office tonight before class–starting after the Jaimee Wriston Colbert reading on the 3rd floor in OM which begins at 4. I expect to be in the office by 5:00.
Stop by if you’re able to and want to talk about your unit plan feedback or look over my YA lit collection–first dibs [...]

October 23, 2007

Book Swap

Check this out. It’s an online book swap that I just found out about. Appearantly you don’t pay anything, just about $1.50 for shipping. Enjoy! Allison