Monthly Archives: August 2009
I’m A Teacher, Get Me Out of Here
by JESSE SCACCIA I’m sitting here, right now as I type, in my teacher orientation program. Some older lady with a hunchback (shame) is telling me how some brains work faster than others. I am blessed with the option of … Continue reading
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On the Pleasures of Teaching with a Mean Case of Montezuma’s Revenge and Other Adventures in Global Education: Part Two
Part Two of an essay about leading a three week educational trip to Nicaragua with Bay Area teenagers. Continue reading
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On the Pleasures of Teaching with a Mean Case of Montezuma’s Revenge and Other Adventures in Global Education: Part One
Part One of an essay about leading a three week educational trip to Nicaragua with Bay Area teenagers. Continue reading
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Teachers: A Greedy and Selfish Lot, says the Wall Street Journal
by JESSE SCACCIA In this opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal, titled oh-so-subtly “Pay Your Teachers Well; Their children’s hell will slowly go by,” the case is made that when teachers unions fight for things like shorter (more reasonable) … Continue reading
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