The English language as we speak it has eight parts of speech. Can you name them? Hint: they are nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, interjections, and prepositions. If you younger than 40, you might want to google School House Rock or maybe go to You Tube. School House Rock probably taught me more about … Continue reading Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla and The Parts of Speech – How the NC General Assembly Teaches Us How to Use Prepositions
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Open Letter to Fellow NC Public School Teachers – What We Do Cannot Really Be Measured
Public school teachers, You can’t really be measured. In fact, those who are measuring you do not have instruments complex enough to really gauge your effectiveness. If you are a public school teacher in North Carolina, you are always under a bit of a microscope when it comes to accountability. Everybody in the community has … Continue reading Open Letter to Fellow NC Public School Teachers – What We Do Cannot Really Be Measured
Willie Wonka, the “NorthCackalacky Magister expertus”, Shakespeare’s School Calendar, Arcade Fire, and our Founding Fathers – Week in Review for July 3rd – 10th
https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/07/09/senate-bill-667-you-need-to-look-at-this-one-because-theres-a-reason-it-is-only-1-digit-from-666/ https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/07/07/the-newest-member-of-the-endangered-species-list-in-nc-the-northcackalacky-magister-expertus-otherwise-known-as-the-north-carolina-veteran-teacher/ https://www.ednc.org/2016/07/07/whats-best-students-drive-school-calendar/ https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/07/05/shakespeare-would-start-school-earlier-at-least-before-football-season-begins/ https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/07/04/musing-with-malcolm-arcade-fire/ https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/07/03/speaking-of-independence-day-what-our-founding-fathers-said-about-public-education/
Senate Bill 667 – You Need to Look at This One Because There’s a Reason It is Only 1 Digit From 666
The following is from a scene of the Tim Burton version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Veruca Salt: Daddy, I want a squirrel. Get me one of those squirrels, I want one! Daddy Salt: Veruca dear, you have many marvelous pets. Veruca Salt: All I've got at home is one pony and two dogs and … Continue reading Senate Bill 667 – You Need to Look at This One Because There’s a Reason It is Only 1 Digit From 666
The Newest Member of the Endangered Species List in NC, the “NorthCackalacky Magister expertus” Otherwise Known as the North Carolina Veteran Teacher
There are many on West Jones Street in Raleigh who are deathly afraid of a certain “genus” of people, and more scared are they of a certain species in that genus that they have exerted great effort to make it endangered in hopes of making it extinct. The biological classification of this genus / species … Continue reading The Newest Member of the Endangered Species List in NC, the “NorthCackalacky Magister expertus” Otherwise Known as the North Carolina Veteran Teacher
What’s Best For Students Should Drive School Calendar – EdNC.org
Musings About Malcolm #3 – ARCADE FIRE!
July 4th. Movies, Finding Dory. Malcolm likes movies, especially the animated ones. We thought this would be a sure thing. Walk into the theatre, sit down, and let the magic begin. It’s like a giant television in front of you with a cartoon on it. Didn’t work. Previews did not go smoothly, except the one … Continue reading Musings About Malcolm #3 – ARCADE FIRE!
Speaking of Independence Day – What Our Founding Fathers Said About Public Education
In light of all the privatization movements, charter school growth, and voucher allowances, it might be interesting to see what was said about public education by those we consider our founding fathers. I mean, it is July 4th isn't it? (tomorrow at least). “The whole people must take upon themselves the education of the whole … Continue reading Speaking of Independence Day – What Our Founding Fathers Said About Public Education
Holy Sine Die! Dolly Parton and Justin Timberlake Sing a Duet About Outsourcing and Merit Pay While Reading Fifty Shades of Gray and Fahrenheit 451 – Week in Review for June 27 – July 3
A Justin Timberlake Mix tape for Sen. Jerry Tillman. https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/06/28/some-jt-for-jt-a-justin-timberlake-mix-tape-for-sen-jerry-tillman/ About that horrible Achievement School District Idea. https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/06/29/outsourcing-our-kids-for-profit-rep-rob-bryan-and-sen-chad-barefoot-will-have-much-to-answer-for-in-the-future/ A Book Banning new State Board of Education Member. https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/06/29/censorship-and-the-fear-of-free-thought-the-nomination-of-todd-chasteen-for-sboe/ Fifty Shades of Gray - NC Style. https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/06/30/fifty-shades-of-no-way-new-sboe-member-todd-chasteens-first-book-to-challenge/ About Merit Pay for Teachers. https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/07/02/merit-pay-for-teachers-and-other-bad-ideas/ Latin Lesson. https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/07/02/you-need-to-know-this-term-sine-die-or-how-the-ncga-will-not-let-bad-bills-die/ Dolly Parton and her Trumping of HB2. https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/07/03/dolly-parton-and-the-neutering-of-some-in-north-carolina-by-a-bathroom-bill/
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