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The importance of teaching students not to fear (essay)
None of our concerns about student readiness for college are ever going to be resolved if we don’t help students learn how to stop fearing questions, themselves and others, writes Laurence Musgrove. Source: The importance of teaching students not to fear (essay)
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Found this on Facebook, and the attributed source is Gary Provost.
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#Ramey18
Our marriage is old enough to buy its own lottery tickets and sign up for the Selective Service. OMG. How did we get here so fast? LOL! As all educators know, any holiday or celebration that arrives in May has to get in line behind all the end of school activities and the craziness that…
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Ending well
As I understand it, the Vikings believed that the afterlife was too fuzzy to put much stock in (maybe it existed, maybe it didn’t, but who could know for sure). But one thing a person could take charge of was the way he died. “Die well.” For a warrior, that meant dying in battle, sword and…
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Good read: “Blurred Lines: Professor, Engineer, Mother” – The Chronicle of Higher Education
Worth your time to read today. The question of “work/life balance” ought to occupy the thinking of all of us, but it seems especially thorny for mothers in professional careers. Some good thoughts here, though I’d like to read her suggestions for her specific context: Sure, the game of life is easier to win when we…
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