We're into July now. I've rested, I've had toe surgery, I saw "Wall-E" with my grandson. Now we're focused on getting him and his mother moved to the southern part of the state so she can start graduate school next month. We'll be heading down there next week. I'll be driving with a "boot" on my right foot, because the stitches don't come out for another 11 days.
Right now my wife is outside with members of our community checking the sprinkler system. Apparently plants have been dying. I can see them through our open front door. I was happy to plead fatigue and a need to elevate my foot. I'm sideways on the couch with my foot up.
I went to the AP Summer Institute for US History. I came away a lot of ideas. I'm ready to use AP techniques in regular classes. I'm going to teach topics and posthole through history. If I can't meld Layered Cirriculum into this, I'll abandon it. I'm going back to testing, using objective tests with Scantron answersheets because they're all going to be taking standardized tests. They'll also be doing a lot of writing. It will be work, but they'll learn to think.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
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