Before we react to the lower amount of reading, what exactly is the problem we seek to solve? Is the problem declining student reading scores? We need to improve reading comprehension. Students may need to learn how to read more effectively so increasing the quantity may not help that much. Is the problem half of…
Dava Sobel on John Harrison in Longitute: Harrison, according to those who admired him most, never could express himself clearly in writing. He wrote with the scrivener’s equivalent of marbles in his mouth…. The first sentence [of his last published work] runs on, virtually punctuated, for twenty-five pages. I propose we call long winded typing…
I have a universal face. People confuse me with others. In elementary school, a kid thought at first I was in another grade. My classmates attested to my proper grade. Turns out he confused me with someone a couple grades ahead. In 2000, Le Ann wanted to know the name of the girl she saw…
Red Pansy, originally uploaded by Ezra F. This is the one to catch my eye. — Trip to Rock Eagle to visit the site for the Georgia Baha’i School on May 23-26, 2008. http://georgia.nbs.usbnc.org/
Special, originally uploaded by Ezra F. Concrete vs Abstract thinking. I can’t wait for him to think in the abstract. We will make pun humor his favorite form. — Trip to Rock Eagle to visit the site for the Georgia Baha’i School on May 23-26, 2008. http://georgia.nbs.usbnc.org/
Winnie used to purr somewhat like this for much of her life. In her case it was because someone shot her with a bb gun and the bullet went through her nose and into her throat.
Japanese Magnolia, originally uploaded by Ezra F. My flowering bête noire. Was the groundhog wrong? This tree doesn’t think Spring is over a month away.
The Moon, originally uploaded by Ezra F. I am looking forward to the lunar eclipse on Feb 20th. It won’t require me getting up at 3am. 🙂
Someone hit my web site looking for “blackboard administrator certification”. So I was curious out what was out there on the Internet for this. I ran across a Blackboard training web site. In looking though the offerings, I was struck by the use of two different names for the same product. (I don’t mean like…