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Education

Guilty Until Proven Innocent

by Russ on May 11, 2010

Surprised? Hell No, I Was Shocked! As one of my promotion strategies for my blog, I’ve been submitting articles to one of the most recognized and arguably the most effective article distributor on the Web, EzineArticles.com. I was delighted with the fact that every single one of my articles was accepted on the first submission. [...]

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OK, Mr. Why’s Guy! “Why do I need to do it THAT way… hell, why do I need to do it AT ALL?” That’s the kind of student I was growing up. I questioned everything – EVERYTHING. I’m sure I wore out a teacher or two. In fact, when I was 15, one of my [...]

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The K.I.S.S. Principle – NOT!

by Russ on April 14, 2010

You Know It Don’t Come Easy OK, I’ll admit, as a self-taught blogger and webmaster, I suppose my computer techie skills could be deemed slightly above those of the average bear.  However, there are certain talents that come out of the moth balls only once or twice a year at most for which I need [...]

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What Is X?

by Russ on April 8, 2010

More Than Words One of the biggest reasons I am a great observer of my students’ body language, facial expression, eye movement, and especially their tone of voice is from my own experience in math class. As you may well guess, math was definitely not my forte. In fact, that would be a GROSS understatement. [...]

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What? My Kid… a Juvenile Delinquent?

by Russ on February 26, 2010

My Kid Ain’t Perfect In the 1950′s there was Charlie Brown, “Why’s everybody always pickin’ on me?” In the 60′s we had Alvin… ALVIN… AAAALLLLVVVVIIIINNNN! And now, since 2003 we’ve got Ambrosia, an amalgamation of Alvin and Charlie.  In one moment she’ll be pressing hard on your reactor buttons; in the next, she’ll be wondering [...]

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