1) We've just come off of a Snow Week. Yes, that's right...Snow Week. A series of five Snow Days which coincidentally followed the two-week break students and staff were afforded by way of the holiday season.
2) Midterm week begins the week of Jan. 20
3) Being a teacher and watching the Midterm intensity ramp up is entertaining. I remember being a student in High School and College and trying to downplay such events as ordinary. They were not ordinary--far from it. They were instead incredibly important in my life as a student and I try to convey that to my students each day.
4) English 11's midterm will be divided into two parts. I. Literary Essay - G.K. Chesterton's The Fallacy of Success. II. ACT style preparation of English and Reading
5) English 12's midterm will be divided into two parts. I. 8pg piece of FictionII. 4pg research based essay
Today I was listening to a segment of On Point a radio broadcast under the NPR umbrella. The segment chronicles how the American Economy is and will be in the future. This comes on the heels of Obama's pledge for free C.C tuition! Listen to the link below:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/01/13/economic-data-unemployment-neoliberal-capitalism
Anyways, I think that education needs to more accurately reflect the Economy. It is naive to think that there is not a positive correlation between these two things. Education is a lever to occupation and the economy drives occupation. If people are being educated in arenas which are not available for employment then what is the purpose?
Also...here's a few things I wrote:
http://www.freep.com/story/
http://www.educatorsforhighstandards.org/teacher-champion-blog
