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74The Glass Castle: Between Turbulence and Order
I just finished reading The Glass Castle. This memoir, by Jeannette Walls, recounts the hardships of a life where moving often, changing jobs, lies, alcohol, lack of food, few showers, and more were the norm. This is not a professional book review,...
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80Driving Lessons Everyone Should Know
Sometimes I just get impatient, and frustrated by other people and their inattentive, ignorant, and complacent driving etiquette. To be honest, this was really never a concern for me until recently when I moved to Fremont. I know California drivers...
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78Differentiated Instruction: What is it?
Just like there are many personalities and temperaments in any given classroom regardless of age, status, race, gender, there is also a wide variety of learning levels and learning styles in any given...
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87Four Temperaments: Take the Test & Discover your Termperament
Some people would rather not be "put in a box." Get over your insecurities and come to terms with the fact that you have a personality, and it is likely not an assortment of every recognizable temperament. None of the several temperaments that exist...
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70Chasing Literacy: The Construction of the Standardized Test and the American Struggle to Catch up with Literacy.
In 2001, President George W. Bush pushed and passed a law that would consequently devastate the United States public education system. The law stated that by 2014, every child will be at grade level in reading and math, meaning our children and...
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78Learning, Modeling, and Observing: An Introduction to Constructivist v. Behaviorist Models of Teaching
Constructivism encompasses a variety of concepts where experience, context, and prior knowledge become relevant to the learner. Learners construct new knowledge as they relate to prior knowledge based on their beliefs and understandings of the...
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76Hosting a Murder Mystery Party: Creating Additional Character Roles
When hosting your own murder mystery dinner theater, you always want to invite more guests than the game has characters. This is because someone will likely cancel, it never fails! And when someone does cancel, you don’t want to be burdened at the...
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75Planning & Hosting an Interactive Murder Mystery
A little over a year ago I attended a Murder Mystery Dinner Theater hosted by a theater company in Sacramento. It was semi-interactive, and a lot of fun. Since then, I have attended three interactive murder mystery dinner parties, one of which I...
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60The Ragamuffin Journal: Fleeting Interests Part 1
I admit I am not the most experienced at relationships. In fact, I may be one of the more inexperienced for my age group. I have only had two relationships in my life, which I will share about at a later time. I am glad I have little relationship...
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59The Other Side of Cooties: The Problem of Sexual Harassment in Schools
Hormones! Maturation of vocal chords and facial hair for men. Menstruation, and curves for women. Acne and the changing of our bodies for both genders. Boy meets girl, accompanied by a curiosity about...
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