Dear Gov. McCrory and members of the North Carolina General Assembly, This may not be a popular opinion, but it is one that is a matter of principle to me. I will be receiving $2,000 in bonuses this year for having a certain number of students pass the AP English Language and Composition Exam for … Continue reading Open Letter to Gov. McCrory and the NCGA Concerning Bonus Pay for Teachers
Another Open Letter to Fellow NC Public School Teachers – We Are Strong in Numbers; Therefore, VOTE!
The current General Assembly should be very scared of us public school teachers and our supporters. That’s because what had originally looked like an election year to simply resupply the NCGA with more conservatively minded demagoguery has now morphed into a debate about how our state government should serve citizens and fully fund our public … Continue reading Another Open Letter to Fellow NC Public School Teachers – We Are Strong in Numbers; Therefore, VOTE!
Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla and The Parts of Speech – How the NC General Assembly Teaches Us How to Use Prepositions
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
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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
Shakespeare Would Start School Earlier, At Least Before Football Season Begins
Love, whose month is ever May, Spied a blossom passing fair Playing in the wanton air. And students’ eyes wondered far Their studies not import any more. (Love's Labour's Lost, 4.3.104) Actually the last two lines are not Shakespeare’s. They’re mine, but it really fits into what I am about to argue. There’s seems to … Continue reading Shakespeare Would Start School Earlier, At Least Before Football Season Begins
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