January 2012
I think I just got some good professional news....
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I just nuked a sweet potato and ate it at 1:03 AM.
I can do that because I’m a grown up.
I just wrote "chloroplasts provide animals with...
Yeah. Time for a break.
Too bad I can’t have one. <sigh>
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Dear Tumblr, try not to be so awesome today.
Because I have a gazillion homework assignments and three gazillion writing deadlines, and you are way too distracting!
Try to tone it down, okay?
Thanks.
Spell your full name without an...
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littlealterniangirl:
terminallyfapricious:
commanderkarkat:
heirofturnips:
pastelcoloredpills:
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Counting last name I get XOG and my entire middle name is omitted
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Grrr. So mad at myself.
I missed the deadline to a scholarship application. I would have made it fine, but didn’t realize I had to have OFFICIAL documents.
I hate it when I do things like this. <sigh>
IQ Drops When You’re In a Group | Psych Central... →
coolcatteacher:
IQ depends upon social context? If this research is proven to be true it could change how we measure and understand IQ. ““This study tells us the idea that IQ is something we can reliably measure in isolation without considering how it interacts with social context is essentially flawed,” said coauthor Steven Quartz, Ph.D. “Furthermore, this suggests that the idea of a division...
John Kaufeld: Conversing and connecting →
johnkaufeld:
I live in a relational bell curve.
Some days, I’m on one end, feeling out-going and annoyingly cheerful. And a few days each month, I’m on the other end, where I just want people — all people — to leave me alone.
Most days, I live in the middle. I want social contact and connection, but getting…
How To Create Good Discussion Questions →
theteachersdesk:
I’m creating a series of discussion questions for a writing project and I needed a little assistance. Writing solid, useful discussion questions is challenging. To students, the difference between good questions and bad questions can mean the difference between understanding and not understanding the subject at hand.
In my search, I found this great resource which has been very...
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Just realized I spent the evening reading the...
Blerg.
Update on my son who fell from 20 feet up and...
I know I have followers who don’t believe in God. But I do, and I truly believe I witnessed a miracle today. My oldest son, Jesse, (husband and father of three) was 20 feet up in a barn doing some maintenance when a live wire came in contact with his body some way. He fell 20 (or 30) feet from the top onto the ground, stopped breathing, had a seizure, convulsions (is there a difference? I...
Please pray.
They are rushing my oldest son, Jesse, to the hospital from work. They think he was electrocuted. He is convulsing and having seizures and saying he’s on fire. Please pray for us. Thanks.
21 Creative Consequences for kids →
I’m always looking for new ideas! These are pretty good.
Study Shows Algebra iPad App Improves Scores in... →
coolcatteacher:
“Results from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s year-long study comparing students using the publisher’s iPad algebra app are in from Amelia Earheart school in Riverside, Calif., and it’s largely positive, according to the company.
The study showed that 78 percent of students who used the HMH algebra iPad app scored “proficient” or “advanced” on the California Standards Test, compared...
