So I'm not sure if this is being broadcasted elsewhere, but there's an apparent serial killer on Long Island. Last week, police discovered 4...
I won't have any in class review for midterms this year unfortunately! I'm still trailing behind the other teachers. However, they're having...
After Lycurgus' death. Plutarch believes the cruelty and military-driven society came about. At this time, I can't elaborate but I'm actively...
I actually read it originally in Plutarch's "Lycurgus" so I was able to find a teacher's site that has a reading from it:...
Usually we teach that democracy originated in Athens under Clisthenes. However, I've been reading up on the idea that it actually may have...
I'm a bit late on the chat, but found this one to be particularly interesting. I live in NY and recently the Board of Regents decided to cut...
Personally, I've taught government and have actually used "college" level texts that would normally be found in AP courses. If you read them, you...
...and put it on my favorite links on my class website. Hmmm that'll have to wait till next year. :)
The resolution: the letters were mailed, but I had to explain myself for mailing them through the post office directly and not thru the school's...
I don't want to get in details right now because I'm infuriated. It didn't go well. My principal backed me but I was pulled from my classes to...
I'm sorry not to reply with names, but I'll try to comment on what I remember. I teach on Long Island, NY. What's ironic is that the area...
I feel very, very strongly about supporting our soldiers. I watched my brother get spit on when he returned home from Vietnam, and have felt...
Thanks for the input guys. I'm definitely going to mention the perspective of the other 130 parents--I really didn't even consider that. I've...
Last week, I had my students (voluntarily, mind you) write thank you/happy holiday cards to the soldiers. I made it worth extra-credit (one...
Could you explain to the parent the grade using the AP rubric? I'm assuming you're grading based on organization, development, word choice,...
I took stat in college and I have to say, it's helped me tremendously. I'm not math inclined at all, but I did fairly well in stat. I'm not...
What annoys me most is that we're told year after year to have cross-curricula units. Well, last I checked studying the history of a lab...
The only week I don't assign homework is over Winter Break. Sorry, but my kids will be completing 30 minutes of homework almost everyday that...
So I'm writing the curriculum for a new elective for my high school for next semester and have encountered something weird. I submitted my unit...
How about we just focus on the bigger picture here, guys? Ya know, the whole educational crisis? Sorry, but if you're going to fight, do it...
