Recently I received a comment or response to one of my articles that addressed the notion of “Teaching to a Test.” Quite openly I’m very tired of people thinking they know what that expression means, but folks I must share with you in all candor, not very many people, pundits, or alleged ‘experts’ have a [...]
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Every now and then someone comes up with the most ‘zany, wacky, and weird reasons for why we do the things we do. I was reading earlier today and just had to share it with you.
The main reason for my interest is multi-fold: I love music and I am a musican; I love linguistics and [...]
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Someone, anyone, whoever…please explain to me why it is wrong to teach to a test. Realizing of course, that one would be hard-pressed to find any sample of ten people who really knew what has become the cliche of the decade actually means. Do you?
An ordinary jaunt to the grocery store for a few items [...]
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SAN FRANCISCO – Gay and lesbian couples in San Francisco rejoiced Thursday over a California Supreme Court decision affirming their right to marry even as political leaders on both sides of the issue girded for an extended fight in the courts and at the ballot box.
“It’s just amazing to feel like I am a full [...]
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Everything, indeed everything, is in a state of perpetual movement. Institutions are no different insofar as institutions are made up of humans. For one to think that what was written two centuries ago would apply in this day and age simply has lost foresight and common sense.
The Founder’s, or the Framer’s, never had the notion [...]
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