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The Sexual Molestation of the Happy One – Part 2/7
Since I don’t remember the student’s name and will not spend the time to search my files to find it, I will call him Macario because he was a happy boy of 14 when I knew him. Macario was in my fourth...
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The Sexual Molestation of the Happy One – Part 3/7
Macario was a talker and loved to be funny and get people to laugh, which wasn’t always welcome when it disrupted a lesson. However, I must admit, even when Macario interrupted a lesson with one of his...
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Modern-Day Witch Hunts and Vigilantes — the politically-correct Mob’s (sex)...
When the media erupted in its usual ‘Yellow Journalism‘ fashion after James Hooker (age 41) quit his job as a public school teacher, and left his wife and children to shack up with former student...
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Modern-Day Witch Hunts and Vigilantes — the politically-correct Mob’s (sex)...
According to About.com, eighteen is a magic birthday, a milestone into adulthood accompanied by great privileges as well as serious legal implications. At 18, a teen can vote, buy a house or wed his...
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What is the Matter with Parents these Days? – Part 3/4
Yes, my wife and me felt it was more important that our daughter be happier as an adult than during her childhood, which is why we left the TV off, no video games, no social networking (at least until...
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After vs. before
Reblogged from The Observer: Finland, as I've written previously, completely revamped its education system. It did so for both obvious and more subtle reasons. First, its international test scores...
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Not Broken! – Part 2/5
I’ll start with 1900 when the total number of high-school graduates in the US numbered 16,000 of 815,000 seventeen-year olds. In 1920, 311,000 graduated from high school or 16.8% of the total which was...
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Not Broken! – Part 4/5
In conclusion, when do we see these types of global education comparisons from the media or critics of public education? Never! The reason for that NEVER answer is because four US presidents (two...
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A Short History of America’s Middle Class – Part 2/3
Another way to trace the rise of the modern-day-middle class may be through life expectancy (see Part One), education, and the shift in population from rural to urban settings. In 1870, only 2% of...
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What makes Education Toxic?
A comment left for a post—NC Teacher: “I quit”—on Diane Ravitche’s blog made a good point, and I posted a reply: I think you have made a great point or at least inadvertently focused a spotlight on an...
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