California junior high school history teacher Polski3 brings us a situation report from the front lines:
Teacher asks a student a question, such as “do you have your assignment?” Student response is: a) the blank look b) a silent shrug of the shoulders c) a verbal “I don’t know” or d) a disinterested roll of the eyes along with silence or an utterance of annoyance. Teacher tells student that they
Monthly Archive for January, 2008
The ruling junta city council of Berkeley, California, has decided that the United States Marines are no longer welcome:
BERKELEY — Hey-hey, ho-ho, the Marines in Berkeley have got to go.
That’s the message from the Berkeley City Council, which voted 6-3, with Gordon Wozniak, Betty Olds and Kriss Worthington dissenting, to tell the Marines that its Shattuck Avenue recruiting station “is not
Awwww!
It seems as though Starbucks’ profits only rose by 2% last year.
And now the poor little dears are having to cut back on their menu.
Gee.
It wasn’t too long ago when Starbucks so jauntily raised the prices on their already over-priced assortment of coffees.
We here in the Wonk household had to cut Starbucks from our menu some time ago because our profits teaching salary hasn’t gone up
The Economist recently released a list of the top 10 distance learning MBA programs. Here's a blurb from their report:
“The University of Florida's Warrington School of Business tops the Economist Intelligence Unit's ranking of distance-learning MBA programmes. Florida's students are especially impressed with the quality of the school's distance-learning materials, the programme's value for money and their sense of connection to the school. Spain's IE Business School ranks second, with Britain's Warwick University third.Distance-learning MBAs are becoming an increasingly important sector of business education, allowing students from around the world to earn degrees from top-quality schools without having to change jobs or move abroad-often at a fraction of the cost of a full-time programme. For these very reasons they are also becoming more popular with employers.”
Two of the top ten online MBA programs are American schools. They include: The University of Florida's Warrington School of Business and the Thunderbird School of Business Management. Take a look at the article for a link to the complete report.
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Is the “stamp of approval” by the National Education Association actually The Kiss of Death for presidential candidates?
Unlike the succession process used to install the NEA’s unelected (and therefore unaccountable) “president,” you get to be the decider…
The anonoymous administrator has struck again, placing a plain white piece of paper bearing this quote in each teacher’s mailbox yesterday morning:
“Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.”
Good words, but we didn’t quite know what to make of them….
I do believe that this New Jersey guy certainly qualifies: MILLVILLE — Police arrested a high school teacher on drug charges the day he was convicted of a similar charge in Hamilton Township.
Christian McCarthy, 37, of the 2200 block of East Main Street was charged with possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia when detectives stopped his car at Main and Beech streets in Millville on Jan. 18
After the results of yesterday’s voting down in Florida, it appears more-and-more likely that the 2008 election will be between John McCaine and Hillary “The Countess of Chappaqua” Rodham-Clinton.
Barring another terrorist attack on the homeland, I would say that The Countess will probably be the next President.
I well-remember the mess that the Clintons made of things the first time around.
Over the past year, I've been amassing a list of free online public schools for K-12 students. Finally, the complete state-by-state list of free schools is available over on About.com. Here's what's included:
“Most states offer some type of online public school courses to resident students. Some states offer full online high school diploma programs, while others offer a limited number of virtual courses.This…list of online public school programs includes state-wide online schools, online charter schools, and online private schools that receive government funding for in-state students.”
If you have a school-aged child, check it out. If you are under 21, you may also qualify to complete your high school diploma at one of these online schools for free.
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The 156th edition of The Carnival of Education (hosted this week by Creating Lifelong Learners.) has opened-up its turnstiles!
And don’t forget to round out your educational experience by seeing what the homies are up to over at this week’s edition of The Carnival of Homeschooling.