Tag: education
member name: Kevin E.
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July 23, 2008 10:52 PM EDT --
I have learning disabilities . I rarely make that statement public. I have never in my life made a statement so public about my learning disabilities but I believe that even after so many years . . .
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September 23, 2007 04:19 PM EDT --
I am smack dab in the middle of Middle Age. I feel obligated to pass on the following truisms. By the way feel free to test them out. The following lessons were proven by me. If you should feel the need . . .
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June 27, 2007 11:44 PM EDT --
I live near Andersonville Georgia. Andersonville is full of echos, in the prison and in the cemetery you can hear echos. The echos of 45,000 prisoners who were at Andersonville from February 1864 . . .
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August 17, 2008 06:39 PM EDT --
Friday was my first discouraging day of my school year. On the tenth day of our new school year a new student came to my class. He is 15. He suffered traumatic brain injury when he was a baby. . . .
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August 04, 2007 11:01 PM EDT --
I am a Special Educator who has taught for 11 years. I teach a life skills program at a High School. I have the privilege to teach with two awesome and dedicated para-professionals. School has begun . . .
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August 09, 2008 05:51 PM EDT --
Open house for incoming ninth graders is always fun. Parents are more confused than the new freshman. Often the unexpected is said by those who are quite thankful that they are not the ones going through . . .
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August 18, 2008 11:29 PM EDT --
I wrote an article where I questioned if a student who came to my school was ready for school. This was a student who I was absolutely certain did not belong in school. I lost sleep over him and really . . .
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August 30, 2008 11:39 PM EDT --
I am being called the miracle man at my school these days. This is a result of some changes in a student I am working with. This is a student I wasn't even sure belonged in public school when I first . . .
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September 07, 2008 06:21 PM EDT --
Life's lessons can happen at any time by even the smallest of God's creatures. This was brought home to me last Monday. When I came in to school I discovered a dead mouse in the . . .
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September 16, 2008 12:51 AM EDT --
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October 07, 2008 09:57 PM EDT --
Connor did a wonderful job scaring a great many people that Halloween . Many of his classmates were among those we scare d and they were among the first in his clas s to totally accept him. . . .
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October 11, 2008 10:43 PM EDT --
Grandma came to visit my classroom two weeks ago. It was to be her last visit to my class. Her grandson was busy taking a puzzle apart when she came in. We both marveled at what a difference . . .
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June 22, 2009 11:49 PM EDT --
As many of my readers know I teach in one of the poorest counties in Georgia. A typical school year is anything but typical. Teaching goes beyond what those who are not a part of the education world can . . .
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November 10, 2007 02:31 PM EST --
I am a firm believer that there are some words that are my best friends and some words that are my worst enemies. I have learned that there are some thoughts that are best kept to one's self. The few . . .
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February 22, 2009 01:02 PM EST --
"If your child attacks his teacher then so be it. Being attacked by a student is part of his teacher's job description ." This was a comment made by my Special Education Director to a . . .
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February 22, 2009 06:50 PM EST --
I love my career. There are lots of reasons that I enjoy teaching. The chief reason is being a part of a team to that helps young minds grow. That being said teachers are being assaulted in every school . . .
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July 26, 2009 07:12 PM EDT --
Welfare has been a whipping boy for so long. There is a lot wrong with welfare. I have been among those who use the phrase "Welfare Attitude" referring to those who think someone, anyone particularly . . .
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May 25, 2009 08:14 PM EDT --
My informal study on those who read my writings show that they are brilliant people and have seen a lot in their lives. I am sure that my readers have seen a lot. I know that some have seen a horse fly, . . .
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July 10, 2008 01:21 PM EDT --
As a public school teacher I am very aware of "No Child Will Be Left behind." This is a term that directs and drives public education. I believe that public education needs accountability . . .
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October 21, 2007 12:05 PM EDT --
I am a Special Education Department Chair at a rural High School in Georgia. I teach students who are moderate to profoundly disabled. I remember reading a book called Up The Down Stair Case . It gave . . .
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