Yearly Archives: 2011

The Skin I Live In

The doctor watches the woman in a wide-screen TV, as it were a movie. The doctor has assembled and directed the woman’s life as a film director would with his actor. We have already seen this many times, also from … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving cooking

Yes, I really had my hands dirty yesterday while dressing our little beastly turkey. The story is, this is my second turkey ever. My daughters convinced me we needed to have a nice Thanksgiving dinner, so we went out and … Continue reading

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Involve parents in students’ learning

Tom Friedman just published an interesting article on the New York Times: “How About Better Parents?” In it, Tom briefly shows how OECD‘s PISA testing results seem positively correlated to parental involvement with reading books to children. This finding doesn’t … Continue reading

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5-minute University

Just a quick post with a video from a character of TV stepping, I believe, from the late 70’s NY: Father Guido Santucci preaching about his concept of a 5-minute University: After all, he says, his $20 admission fee covers … Continue reading

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Myths of Teaching & Learning: What have you learned today?

A little method common in the academic area known as “assessment” is to ask students, at the end of a class the question: What have you learned in the class? This is the latest myth I’m covering, in the series … Continue reading

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