Sep 20
art, daily life bradbury, fiction, FINlos, fixup, writing 1 Comment
As anyone who writes with the intent of having their work read by others, looking at a blank page can be a daunting experience. For some, like myself, getting started can be the hardest thing. Like pushing an object from rest, once it gets going momentum helps out a lot, but those first few inches can be killer.
Sep 06
daily life classroom, FINlos, management, teaching 5 Comments
You can’t teach someone without an environment conducive to information reception. In the pedagogy of public education there are innumerable theories and ideas for what constitutes the best practices for managing a classroom in order to create that conducive environment. I just completed my third week of this school year in my fourth year as a teacher, and I am once again reminded just how hard this job, that of maintaining a controlled, calm, and safe environment while also having a constant flow of information, can be.
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