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Jan 31, 2012, 10:52 pm
Dear friends,
On Friday, Joey announced via email to the NCS family that Coart & I will be moving into new jobs at the end of this school year. We are excited about Coart's opportunity to pursue his UGA PhD in Social Foundations of Education full-time. For him to be able to be in school full-t... Comment - Like
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Jan 29, 2012, 1:56 pm
This post kids off a wandering series I'd like to form over the next several months, composed of snippets of memories and stories from our 10 years at New Covenant School. There's no telling what will pop up as I clean out innumerable file drawers and scraps of life that have piled up in my classroo... Comment - Like
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Jan 27, 2012, 4:25 pm
Thought you all might enjoy seeing some photos from "Fictional Character Day," which was a huge hit among the NCS upper school students!
I know that Facebook has really taken over everyone's photo lives these days, but I like having at least a few photos over here on my blog to help me remember go... Comment - Like
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Jan 19, 2012, 11:08 pm
As an educator and on-the-side graphic designer with not a little Adobe InDesign experience under my belt, I met Apple's announcement of the iBook Author software with a raised eyebrow and not much enthusiasm. Sure, Apple tends to change the game when they enter a new market, but I figured "getting ... Comment - Like
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Jan 2, 2012, 10:56 am
There are some bandwagons worth jumping on, and Suzanne Collins's YA series The Hunger Games proved worthy of the hype.
Together the 3 books tell the life of Katness Everdeen, a 16year old girl alive in a post-apocalyptic North America of the future. The society remembers little of the "America"... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 2011, 6:43 pm
Whoa-- long time, no see.
Computer (desktop at home) gave up its ghost in November sometime. It was a crappy week -- the car started making a weird noise (kinda got that fixed), the washer made a horrific racket (got that fixed but now it has a new melody of mechanical dysfunction), our WiFi went ... Comment - Like
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Dec 6, 2011, 3:22 pm
Favorite quote from class recently:
Teaching Brit Lit and reading Macbeth. Introducing the play and discussing Shakespearean theater, including the laws barring women from the stage in his time, which I think contributed to a general lack of outstanding female roles in many of Shakespeare's plays.... Comment - Like
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Nov 30, 2011, 3:42 pm
Steve Denning wrote an interesting piece in Forbes magazine a few weeks ago about why big companies 'die" and whether the American economic machine is in such decline that our economy might be in for a long-term hurt. I don't know enough about business or economics to debate his thesis. However, t... Comment - Like
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Oct 30, 2011, 8:49 pm
Overall, Les Mis was a very satisfying experience.
Not that everything went perfect. Lots of gremlins in the sound equipment and a show of this size is just hard to coordinate. People can be difficult--sometimes the difficult one is me--and working wit kids can be downright infuriating. But that's a... Comment - Like
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Oct 21, 2011, 1:05 pm
Les Mis plot diagram for the program.
I'm pretty proud of this.
I think all theater audience members would benefit from having a visual guide to the plot rather than a written summary. I usually don't take this much time to make one, but I thought Les Mis was too complex to be relegated to p... Comment - Like
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Oct 21, 2011, 12:51 pm
Just wrapped up the 5 teaching/activity days for a fully-integrated unit on poverty in SC for our 7th-12th graders at NCS. I think it went pretty well. There are some elements I'd change, if I could go back, but overall I think we accomplished our educational goals and I appreciated the change o... Comment - Like
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Oct 1, 2011, 7:28 pm
Every weekday morning I tumble out of bed (not literally; that would hurt) and stutter into the warm glow of the bathroom for a shower.
Every morning for the past several weeks, a spider sits in the bathtub/shower and stares me down.
It's been a Darwinian epic.
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Sep 5, 2011, 9:10 am
I am amused:
Mac vs PC: Computers Suck
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Sep 4, 2011, 3:26 pm
Rarely can I say a film manages to be satisfying and UNaatiafying at the same time.....but The Debt succeeds at this paradox. It also serves up an excellent example of 20th century Jewish literature meanwhile.
The story revolves around a set of 3 Mossad agents in two different times, 1966 and 1997.... Comment - Like
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Sep 3, 2011, 4:52 pm
A certain cohort of BJU students understand ice cream on a roll. I admit, it's really weird. I tried it only because the older students at my Sunday lunch table were scarfing down the combo like it was holy. I figured it couldn't be just a mean prank against the freshman, so I tried it. Man. Fresh... Comment - Like
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Aug 31, 2011, 4:34 pm
Jack and Coart and I are excited about the possibility of leading a group to Italy and Spain next May/June.
It's about time for me to recharge my Italy molecule, and I've always wanted to see Spain. And travel with Jack through Europe. He can talk to anyone....literally. He knows like every lang... Comment - Like
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Aug 20, 2011, 1:19 pm
Robert Rosenstone, author of History on Film/Film on History:
"We always violate the past, even as we attempt to preserve its memory in whatever medium we use... Yet this violation is inevitable, part of the price of our attempts at understanding the vanished world of our forebears." Comment - Like
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Aug 15, 2011, 3:59 pm
You need to watch this movie.
You will hate it. You will writhe in your chair during the last 20 minutes. You won't be able to get the images out of your mind.
In this case, that's exactly what ought to happen, and you need to see it.
The Stoning of Soraiya M tells a modified version of a true sto... Comment - Like
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Aug 8, 2011, 2:45 pm
The blogosphere has been abuzz a bit about the recent Missouri law banning public school teachers from having social media contact with their students. The Yahoo news article stated
In Missouri, a new bill effective on August 28 will formally ban teachers from befriending students on social network... Comment - Like
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Aug 1, 2011, 3:18 pm
As I was putzing around in the kitchen today mixing up a 4-bean salad for supper and popping a coconut-lime buttermilk pie in the oven (along side a mini peach cobber, recipe below), I realized that some of life's simple pleasures lie in useful, elegant tools. Objects crafted by intelligent design t... Comment - Like
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Jul 26, 2011, 12:34 am
I think I'm beginning to understand in a TINY way how ridiculous it is that life boils down to Two Great Commandments. Love God with everything in you as hard as you can all the time, and love your neighbor like you love yourself.
Such a straightforward mandate really scares some people: they are ... Comment - Like
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Jul 22, 2011, 1:45 pm
We plan to add a major unit on film to our drama class this year. This delightful short film reminds me of how easily Digital Natives think and create in images rather than words:
Splitscreen: A Love Story
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Jul 18, 2011, 3:39 pm
Hey folks.
I need help from those of you who read/know adolescent lit. Or just hang around the library and soak up opinions. What can you tell me about any of the books listed at the end of this post?
I'm thinking of developing a better reading list for my 8th graders, and I am intrigued by the "... Comment - Like
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Jul 7, 2011, 12:15 pm
I have a confession to make.
I made some decisions that I thought were well-grounded, but two of my team members died. And a tough choice about a dangerous situation has been weighing on my mind ever since. It was a toss-up, a lesser-of-two-evils kind of thing, a choosing of bedfellows. My mind is... Comment - Like
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Jul 2, 2011, 2:11 pm
Apparently,I was spoofed. Normally I can spot hoaxes but maybe it's a sign of my own bias that I really did think the "Should math be taught I schools?" Miss USA video was real. Lol.
In case you missed it:
Haha.
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Jul 2, 2011, 12:01 pm
My blogging life has been in ICU lately; I just haven't felt like writing a whole lot, so I haven't disciplined myself. It doesn't help that my "real" job is heavily mental and that all of my best posts are written while I'm in the shower, far from paper or keyboard. Maybe I should invest in a voice... Comment - Like
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May 4, 2011, 10:30 pm
I love how so many people are using video & music now as a teaching medium. At least hip hop is being used to say something useful. Comment - Like
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Apr 2, 2011, 11:52 am
The "e-group" youth group kids ("E group" because "we're better than a D-group") came over on Thursday for our first-ever "Eat like a Joscelyn" supper. Joscelyn is working through a number of difficult food allergies right now with uncertain causes. Her current doctor-prescribed diet cuts out glut... Comment - Like
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Mar 13, 2011, 6:42 pm
In his article "The Cost of Overemphasizing Achievement," Alfie Kohn offers a well-written, sharply-clear explanation of why a focus on achievement, test scores, or even just "good grades" tends to be counterproductive in the classroom.
Specifically, research indicates that the use of traditional l... Comment - Like
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Mar 8, 2011, 6:58 pm
Notice I did not say "crackpot" chicken. *chuckle*
This recipe is adapted from one I saw online and then fiddled with, as I always do. Feel free to fiddle yourself as well.... This version came out absolutely delicious.
CREAMY SOUTHWESTERN CROCKPOT CHICKEN
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Mar 7, 2011, 10:23 pm
I don't often take the time to write stage reviews, but some shows are worth the trouble. I've seen many Shakespeare productions in my life thus far, and most of them have been solid. Maybe not "phenomenal," but good enough. But the Warehouse Theater delighted me this past weekend by mounting a show... Comment - Like
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Mar 4, 2011, 9:25 pm
Definitely our favorite recipe from this week. Adapted from something I saw somewhere in Martha Stewart land.
3 strips bacon (I used Hormel--maple)-- diced (The "maple" sweetness works nicely.)
1/2 onion chopped
half jar sundried tomatoes (in oil) -- cut into small pieces
3 garlic cloves, minced
pin... Comment - Like
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Feb 28, 2011, 9:38 pm
Last week I had the incredible opportunity to participate in a "culture panel" hosted by my friend Rebecca who teaches foreign engineers & businesspeople upper-level conversational English. For example, all of the 7 students in the class speak German & work for BMW. Coart & I joined to help answer... Comment - Like
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Feb 17, 2011, 10:38 am
from Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview and Cultural Formation, by James K. A. Smith:
The church often adopts a . . . misguided strategy: while the mall, Victoria's Secret, and Jerry Bruckheimer are grabbing hold of our gut (kardia) by means of our body and its senses -- in stories and images,... Comment - Like
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Feb 14, 2011, 10:53 am
somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond
any experience,your eyes have their silence:
in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,
or which i cannot touch because they are too near
your slightest look easily will unclose me
though i have closed myself as fingers,
you open always pet... Comment - Like
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Feb 13, 2011, 7:22 pm
Sometimes you end up in the presence of a true musician, someone who lives and breathes music. Rhythm and melody are their blood; they feed on life but mix it with creativity to offer lucky audience members a taste of what God must have intended for the human race.
Yann Tiersen is such a soul.
Sh... Comment - Like
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Feb 7, 2011, 6:20 pm
From the blog Positive Science, Negative Theology:
Believing that all aspects of human life should be based in science is a pipe dream, and a dangerous one. It is a pipe dream because such a notion badly misunderstands the basic needs and desires of human beings, which cannot, no matter what one wou... Comment - Like
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Feb 3, 2011, 6:11 pm
What if education, including higher education, is not primarily about the absorption of ideas and information, but about the formation of hearts and desires? What if we began by appreciating how education not only gets into our head but also (and more fundamentally) grabs us by the gut -- what the N... Comment - Like
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Jan 22, 2011, 12:47 am
...Musings on theater, life, and directing.... seasoned with a bit of "after midnight."
I don't "do theater" for a living. (See, the proof is in the fact that I generally spell "theater" the American way instead of the fancy-schmancy artistic old British spelling with the -re ending.)
I do find mys... Comment - Like
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Jan 20, 2011, 1:12 pm
Thanks to Joey Thames for pointing this out to the faculty today. The habit of thinking about work as something one does to make money is so ingrained in us that we can scarcely imagine what a revolutionary change it would be to think about it instead in terms of work done. To do so would mean ta... Comment - Like
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Jan 10, 2011, 9:40 am
Last night as the snow fell and school kids everywhere rejoiced, I lazed on the couch and channel surfed through the weather report, an episode of Friends, and finally one of those infomercials on an off channel we usually ignore. TimeLife is selling a multiCD set of "Great Country Hits of the 50s a... Comment - Like
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Dec 30, 2010, 12:12 pm
My online life is just as "cluttered" as my house, with a deluge of data daily -- articles to be read, to-do items that arrive via email or text message or in person.
In the interest of organization, time management, and helpful tips, here are my favorite techno-helpers for staying organized. M... Comment - Like
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Dec 30, 2010, 11:29 am
A fury of organizational spirit has taken hold of me in the past few days. My brain is racing its own course through the upcoming 2011 tasks, especially my coursework and the plays which demand so much mental attention. Meanwhile, my body urges me to reduce, reuse, recycle -- I've reorganized almost... Comment - Like
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Nov 27, 2010, 1:18 pm
Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World
N. D. Wilson
Thomas Nelson, 2009
Sometimes books, like the authors who write them, prove to be such a tangled mixture of wrong and right, beauty and deformity that I don't know how to handle them. ND Wilson's pithy, artistic revel t... Comment - Like
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Nov 22, 2010, 5:27 pm
Working on a couple T-shirt designs for our youth group, jumping off from the Burn/Bright activities we've begun hosting at random times. (Friday Night Burn = sports of all kinds; Friday Night Bright = games of all kinds. As expected, the Rameys are in charge of Bright, not Burn. haha)
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Nov 15, 2010, 9:25 pm
Today I was reminded of the current fight between SC politicians/bureaucrats and the state's universities. Despite slashing public funding for state colleges by nearly 50% over the past few years in the wake of a horrible budget crunch, the state government has declared that schools must keep thei... Comment - Like
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