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Changing Face of Marriage
One of my friends said I should write a blog entry about the changing face of marriage these days. He thought it would be interesting to discuss how some woman are choosing not to take their husband’s name anymore. This sounds like a hot-button topic so I thought I’d tackle it here. It used to…
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Sport and Tradition – Leave the Politics Out
The images I have been seeing on the news lately have been enraging me. There is just no excuse to protest the Olympic Torch run. It is an honoured tradition. The Olympics are supposed to be about the sport. Do the people protesting realize the damage they are doing to our athletes? Athletes work hard…
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Fake Test – I pranked my class!
Yesterday was April Fool’s Day so I decided to play a prank on my class. I designed a fake test. Here it is… ——————————————————— Basic Skills Test Name:__________ Date:__________ – Read the instructions carefully before beginning this test. – Read through all the questions before you start. 1) Write your name in the correct place…
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Teaching The Hats We Wear
A teacher’s job goes well beyond the curriculum. It actually doesn’t even start with the curriculum. It starts with something a lot simpler. But simple things are often the hardest things to teach. Math is easy in comparison to the lessons that I want my students to leave my classroom with at the end of…
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Blog Birthday
Silent Cacophony turns one today. Happy Birthday! It’s almost hard to believe that it has been a year since I made my first post. I really enjoy blogging. I hope you enjoy reading it. I want to thank everyone who has ever supported me or left a comment. I don’t think I would be doing…
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Improving Self Through Others
When I was younger, I used to put myself down at every available opportunity. I did it in what I thought was witty and funny ways. I did it so much that it actually became a problem. I then found a girl that I really liked and a relationship developed. She wouldn’t let me put…
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Conversation Builds Vocabulary
This was an idea thrown out there during a recent workshop I took on Supporting Adolescent Reading. As soon as I heard the presenter say, “Conversation builds vocabulary,” I knew she had something there. I have known this all along, although I have never really thought about it. I have never spoken down to children…
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Simplicity Needs to be Taught
The simple things in life need to be taught and understood. We have forgotten a lot of the simple things. We think simple doesn’t need an explanation, so we say nothing. Why waste our breath? Everyone knows, for a while, but then we forget. We’ve forgotten more than we know. Some cultures are dying out.…
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Don’t trust this blogger!
I’ve just been spammed in my comments. Someone sent me two links and when I clicked on either of them I got a pop-up window saying that my computer is infected. I think that this blogger is just selling software but I do not know. I’ve deleted the comment and thought I should give you…
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Come to Grips
People look, search, inventconceal, hide, denyflaunt, show, tryany excuse, chance, or opportunitythey get, or come toI say this like I’m detached, separate, alone, but I’m one, twojust a number in a cacophonous crowdOne moment trying to hide, blend in, disappearThe next shouting loud,“I’m here!”“See me!”“Take notice!”cause I noticed you My search is understated becauseI believe…