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A Passion for Teaching and Opinions Latest Posts
It is hot
A couple of things to discuss while the temperature rises.-It's a little disconcerting that while the end of the year is here, so is the time when students miss my class the most. Some are missing due to the summer blues, but many are just doing so many other school sponsored things. Clubs Day,... Read more...
Published 1 day ago
The proper way to address a teacher
The time has come for parents to start calling and e-mailing teachers with the sudden realization that their child has spent the year lying about their grade. It is also the time where teachers that deal with Seniors are now put in the situation of put-up-or-shut-up in terms of grades and... Read more...
Published 6 days ago
Vote for Coach Brown or another good blog.
I've been nominated on the Best of Blogs for one of the 10 Best Small Education Blogs. That's kind of cool, so if you want you can head on over to Best of Blogs and leave a comment vote for Ukiahcoachbrown.Then again, I also read most of the other nominees on a regular basis. Standard... Read more...
Published 1 week ago
Better day
Nothing gets the juices flowing like a good review of the AP Comparative course with a game of Jeopardy. Seriously, they want blood. I have four groups in a tiered format where students of similar academic levels end up facing each other, and tearing each other apart. I had about 18 catagories... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
Bad, Bad Week
I haven't written because I had a miserable week. I mean seriously miserable. I wasn't about kids at all. In fact, kids saved the week.I can't talk about it because I would be discussing people I work with, not the best idea. In fact, I just erased a huge post that I made about how angry and... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
STARnival
STAR testing time was given the name STARnival by one of my colleagues. It is pretty aptly named since the entire process is a horrid little joke that schools suffer in so many ways.For instance, a rumor went around this week that today was National Ditch Day. Who the hell knows if it was true... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago
A good Giants game and a Critical Mass of Asses
My cell phone went off as I walked out the door of the admin building on my way home. Apparently, someone gave my wife four tickets to the Giants-Reds game in the Club Level at AT&T Park. Two friends and my wife and I crowded into the car and raced down to the ball game for some nice hardball... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago
Comments on teacher pot charges
For those of you that aren't local, or that are local and live under a rock, a teacher at my high school was arrested for an indoor marijuana grow that was around 156 planets. You can read about it in the Press Democrat. Instead of going into a long diatribe, how about I answer the top five... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago
If only I was able to send this out
Thanks to Scheiss Weekly (check the blogroll).Dear Parents, Siblings, Friends, Neighbors, Spouses, Fiancees, and Ex-Fiancees of my students:While I appreciate the concern all of you feel, from time to time, about the grades, attendance, and overall class status of the students in question, please... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago
Ukiah is still about marijuana
The county is only 80% of normal and may enact mandatory water restrictions as early as May. But it isn't that important.The school district has sent lay-off notices to 70 teachers in Ukiah. Even with the protest, it has hardly gone noticed.Jobs are flying out of the county and Ukiah is worried... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago
How are they doing?
With the end of the 3rd quarter a week hence I have started to receive the guidance counselor's e-mails with lists of students with my predictions about the potential for graduation. Along with that are the comments that parents are a little concerned about Johnny's graduation party that will... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago
The Real Importance of April 15
First Minor League game for the Montreal Royals (farm team to the Brooklyn Dodgers): 4-5 in hitting 1 home run 4 runs-batted-in 2 stolen bases caused the opposing pitcher to balk twice(Actually April 18th. April 15 was Robinson's first game in the Majors. He was 0-3)After the daily news... Read more...
Published 1 month ago
