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75Rev. Jim Jones and the People's Temple: A Memoir
The day I met the infamous Rev. Jim Jones, he was wearing semi-opaque sunglasses and a black shirt, and he was being trailed by a half dozen or so teen-aged young men. They piled out of a wine-colored van that...
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84Fly-fishing
I have been fly-fishing now for several years, and because I am also an Ethics teacher by trade, I couldn’t help but put the two together and consider the ethics of fly-fishing. When considering an ethical question, it is often useful to drag...
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79A Teacher's solutions for America's School Problems
Perhaps the following thoughts will provoke a conversation about schools in America. I went to public schools and a state university for my own schooling. I have taught in a university school of education, a public high school, a community college...
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60Evaluating teachers
Having taught in a variety of schools both public and private for over twenty years, I have an informed opinion on this subject. I agree that all work requires evaluation and accountability. Teachers of all people should and do recognize this...
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64Rumi: poet
One of my favorite poets is Rumi, the great Sufi poet of the thirteenth century. He has become much better known in the West during the last twenty years through the translating efforts of Coleman Barks. Barks himself is a recognized poet in his own...
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74My Four Fights
One day, on the playground during physical education class, we were running relay races. We were divided into two teams in lines at both ends of the asphalt basketball court. The game was simple: each of us in turn was to run to other end of the...
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63misty of chincoteague
This is the real, actual stuffed Misty of Chincoteague and her daughter, following those are real live ponies on the island and finally are three shots of the island from the mainland, one on a sunny day and two on a rather forbidding day. No doubt...
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77The benefits & advantages of single sex schools
Here are few paragraphs on what I’ve learned about girls’ schools after having taught in two for a total of eighteen years. The first was a Roman Catholic day school in the Midwest, and I am currently teaching in an east coast boarding/day...
14 comments64Raccoon Poem
A raccoon curled up in my tool shed to die And looks at me with a glacial eye, Heavy, slab of frozen fur I sling it to the woods beyond a spur, Of granite at the edge of my yard. Next I decide to clean up a pile of sawdust With which...
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69Farmington River Brown Trout fishing
This brown trout was caught August 31st, 2007 at 4 pm in Halford's pool on the Farmington River, Connecticut on a number 18 curved, barbless hook emerger on a moderate retrieve. I typically fish with a 2...
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