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Codes of Honour
I asked my kids to write their codes of honour and give me the reasons they believed what they did. I found something rather interesting: without fail, those who cheated said that it was in their code not to cheat, lie, or steal. By my count, they have done all three any time they’ve plagiarized. I also find it interesting that many of the students who I would think of as having strict codes had loose ones and vice versa. Here is what I have learned: 1. The kids who need to think about it, don’t see the validity. 2. The kids who don’t need to think about it, see…
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Little Zombies and the Lowercase Letter "I"
I am sick of seeing the lowercase “I” used as a word by my students. And, well, being me, this is my response: I am plastering my classroom with the following posters that I have created. What do you think? Will they get the point?
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Conference
So, I went to a teacher’s conference at Red Rock this past weekend (just got home today) and I actually had fun at this one. My friend, Glen, gave me a very indignant legal lecture that lead to us taking two vans instead of one so that I could go in the van with the guys. He essentially told me that it was ridiculous for me to think that I was inconveniencing anyone and that I needed to stop worrying about that as work is legally required to provide transportation and I’m apparently not an inconvenience anyways because splitting into two vans would make the ride more comfortable for everyone. …