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    Excuses, excuses…

    Monday, July 6th, 2009

    Over the holiday weekend, I was asked “Where has Helen Wheales been? I thought you promised to write everyday once you were off for the summer?” At least someone noticed. Honestly, I’ve no excuse for not sharing my thoughts, only an explanation. First, turns out that I am not “off” this summer–I took on some [...]

    That’s Me!

    Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

    Today, my 10-year-old and I were in the opthamologist’s office where the optometrist was describing her young baby’s antics, “He was hell on wheels,” she said.  Logan said, “Hey, that’s you, Mom!

    On Sesame Street

    Saturday, February 28th, 2009

    In Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman cites Sesame Street as a main reason young people do not enjoy reading, AND why teachers are judged on their classroom performance as much as–if not more than–their Sesame Street does not encourage kids to love school or anything about school,” Postman says. “It encourages them to love [...]

    On Procrastination

    Monday, February 9th, 2009

    Really too much to do to write today–I’ve logged a pretty extensive list of must-dos. A stack of writing projects to my right whispers …”We’ll still be here tomorrow…don’t worry about us…get outta that seat… the dishes are calling for you…and so are your kids…at least one of them…you probably shouldn’t let the other one [...]

    Wrestling with Time

    Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

    I am currently up-to-my-ears in writing work with what little time I have whirling at the opening of the drain. I am not only writing courses, syllabi, and materials, AND updating my teaching portfolio for review this semester, but also starting a couple of other blogs, AND migrating two years of content from my old [...]

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