It’s been since June of 2007 since I’ve had a classroom of my own, and I bowed out of the field of teaching completely when my daughter was born. But I’ve found that I haven’t actually stopped being an educator; I have emphasised that I have a classroom of one person. And I’m finding...
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I had read Punished by Rewards: The Trouble With Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn and written a paper on it for a college course in classroom management in 2001. In lieu of posting a half-baked blog entry, I am resorting to regurgitating this old college paper that...
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What this town needs is an independently run bookstore on Main Street. It would be an asset to the community, something that will draw more retail customers to the area and providing a catalyst for more development, and, from my own selfish perspective, it would give me a place to shop and hang out....
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