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Tuesday, October 14, 2008 No Talking By Charles Strohacker @ 1:48 PM :: 94 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Books, Education   We had gone down that road of, "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all."  So I decided that the next step should logically be:  "You can't say anything at all to each other...or else." Read More..

Thursday, September 11, 2008 Third Graders 9/5/08 By Charles Strohacker @ 12:01 AM :: 142 Views :: 0 Comments :: :: Education, Humor It's interesting some of the things we remember from long ago.  I recall one afternoon in class at RF, a methods class before we went out student teaching, and I think it was Dr. Zimmer who told us that if he had his way, his preference would be to place the best teachers in his school in the lower elementary classes.  The better the teacher, the lower in the grades he would place them.  I was puzzled at first by what he said, but his explanation made sense and always stuck with me.  I've often thought that Dr. Zimmer would have approved of my placement teaching 8th graders.  Read More..