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…Then, members of the Central Washington University softball team stunned spectators by carrying Tucholsky around the bases Saturday so the three-run homer would count — an act that contributed to their own elimination from the playoffs…

I wanted to add a couple of things to Guy’s list of things learn this school year.
Don’t learn facts, learn how to deal with different situations. Take an acting class and learn how to speak in front hundreds of people. Take a full course load and a part-time job to learn how to budget your […]

The state of California Department of Education has adopted a statewide content standard to “encourage the highest achievement of every student, by defining the knowledge, concepts, and skills that students should acquire at each grade level.” (CDE, 2005).
Many California teachers create their own customized, multi-media rich, lesson plans to simulate their students enthusiasm for subject.
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I am currently pursuing a multiple subject teaching credential at Santa Clara University. The first course, EDUC 306, is entitled Immersion Experience: Human Service in Diverse Settings.
Over the last week, we reflected on several questions. I have captured my responses to them here.
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What does it mean to learn something?
Learning is discovery. There are a […]

I have been playing with Yahoo 360. Here are a couple of my suggestions for 360 enhancements.
Dictating Mobile Phone Weblog Entries
Yahoo 360 users can email photos from their camera phones to their Weblogs (though I had trouble with this because pictures sent from my phone come from a Sprint provided email address).
I have always wanted […]

During a presentation on suicide prevention that I attended a part of my teaching credential program, some Santa Clara County suicide statistics were presented. Here are my comments on the statistics.
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In the suicide statistics presented, suicide rates are calculated using the formula:
Number of Suicides / Size of Population * 100,000
This formula and its use of […]