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On the way in____________________________________________________________"What kind of party did you say it was?" my son asked after a simplified oral lesson with many references to the Schoolhouse Rock videos."It's a party of angry people." That must have confused him, since he spent the rest of the party playing on the jungle gym and everyone was pleasant and having a good time.________________

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The mistake has been made, if you can call it that. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't. For a math lesson I yanked a couple books off the shelf and flipped through the workbook, only to find it was too primary. I checked the beginning of the text book and created a plan for the lesson on the first two sections of the first chapter. Only after the lesson was over did I close the book to find a sequence of

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The major project to top off the end of the school year in May is to host a poetry recitation. I've chosen six poems of great fun and rhythm, and ease for a six-year-old memory but complexity for a fourth-grade reader that is my daughter. Because I have chosen them so early in relationship to event, they are also to be a basis for a few lessons over the next few months. I've managed, however, to

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I've been hired to get a girl into college.She's already done all the legwork, she's put in her application, she's been to the campus. She's got the tuition money. She's even been accepted. Accepted on the condition she passes her GED, and what stands in her way is two points on the math portion. Before she took that test, she'd never seen an algebra problem.A twenty-year-old isn't exactly free

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The fascinating thing about mathematics is that everyone perceives it differently. My construction worker dad sees every mathematical computation as a concrete, real-life , unquestionable number. As a linguist, I see language as more specific and less abstract than math. I can make anything equal two. I can make two apply to anything. I can figure its differentials; I can manipulate it into a

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I spent a fair amount of time researching after-school activities for my homeschoolers. To begin with, I checked the homeschooling laws in my state which dictate that as long as the student complies with the requirements, then they may attend the publicly funded extracurriculars at the nearest public school.Step two, I checked with the school district. Surprisingly, the elementary grades do not

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I made the right decision with my education, my direction, the choices I've made for a career. My job amazes me every day. The research that goes into each lesson, the imagination that I have to employ, and the moments sitting across from an eager and open mind, these are the things that make me wake up to go back to work. I get home buzzed, eager to review my methods and their responses. I edit,

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When hiring a tutor, a specific outline of duties accompany every contract signing. The end of that contract comes in two ways: success and time, and both are bittersweet.My first contract termination occurred because I was successful. The student can now understand and perform long division by way of comprehending subtraction. One hour and my services are no longer necessary. I was so successful

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I have been very busy, but I am feeling better now.It's nice to have two very relative terms squished together as an excuse. What exactly is "busy" and how much is "very"? In more concrete terms, I have had enough tasks to perform in consecutation that to sit and write had been a chore, or if nothing else, unsettling. As for feeling better, I have obviously found a moment to sit and explicate on

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The challenge of being a tutor goes beyond being sensitive to the student's learning methods, moods, and capabilities. After a full, long, and probably challenging--if they need me--day of school, they get home to find another teacher waiting for them. I'm not just competing with an already established resentment for the subject, but also with a resentment for my presence, when any kid would

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My bookshelves are groaning. No, they aren't disappointed in me and I didn't tell them my bad jokes. No. My bookshelves, if you listen carefully, are groaning from weight. Today is the annual Book Bazaar put on by the public library. My head is spinning. Leaving there today I had to remember that I paid with a business check and that most of the books I got are specifically and could only be

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Quite frequently I get the advice to write everyday, even if it is just something. I've taken this to mean letters, lists, brainstorms, editing, crappy poetry, free writing, forums, even syllabuses. (Or is it syllabi?) I suppose daily's the difference between a professional writer and an amateur, right?I like to think that writing comes in waves, as it does in "real life" for most of us "amateur"

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Yesterday marked the 38th Earth Day.Earth day abounds in activities, but only if you are well enough to participate in them. This year, my Kindergartener spent two weeks preparing for a day that she would miss by sleeping and healing, and there's no better way to prove that Earth Day is every day than to perform all the fun activities of Earth Day later.Something, however, that will be missed is

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