Really Bad Analogies Written by High School Students (For a similar Post a few years back, see Student Analogies. I have eliminated from below duplicates in that list.) Her eyes were like two brown circles, with big black dots in the center. He was as tall as a 6′ 3″ tree. Her face was a perfect […]
Author: Larry Campbell
Start with 80 beers!
Crazy as it sounds, it works! 🙂 Yes, but only if you’ve NOT yet had your birthday in ’21. If so, you need to add 41, not 40. (Alternatively, it works for everyone for their age on 12/31/20.) Explain why, and receive BONUS Brain Teaser credit!
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Remembering Miss Fules
Sixth grade, I believe it was. That was the year I had one of the most unusual, fascinating, and ‘non-traditional’ teachers of my entire K-12 ‘career’! We loved her. And we learned a lot. She was young – a first- or second-year teacher, I’m guessing – but we thought she was old. And wise. Not […]
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Outside-the-Classroom Help for Schools
I had the good fortune recently to learn of a great program that, among other things, connects older adults with younger students who have educational and other needs. It’s been in existence for a while, so maybe it’s only been me that wasn’t as aware of it as I should have been. Sometimes I get […]
