Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher

Education, politics, and anything else that catches my attention.

Monday, January 02, 2006

Student Essays

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I've written previously about college admissions essays (with some disdain), and in this article a teenage reporter has some not-very-...
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Sunday, January 01, 2006

Raising Money As Well As Eyebrows

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Teenagers are by nature exhibitionists, especially if they have something to exhibit. Was it for a good cause in this case ? I hope to hear...
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More on the Library Liar

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Young Cameron, a commenter on this post , might find this snippet interesting: By contrast, the Sacramento Bee attacks the administrati...
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A Couple Things I Don't Like About Airports

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What is the deal with curbside check-in? Why should you tip--pay--for curbside checkin when you can just walk an additional 50 feet or so a...
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Kevin

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The conference was ok. The post-conference activities were far superior, but then you'd expect that on the beach in Florida, wouldn...
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Thursday, December 29, 2005

Comments on Clearwater Beach

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Beautiful views here. With the Outback Bowl being played across the bay in Tampa in a few days, the college hotties are out in force! Oh, ...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Carnival Of Education

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This week's wrap-up of the best of the edublogosphere is here .
Tuesday, December 27, 2005

No More Blogging Today

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I'm off to Florida in a few hours to attend a Coins In The Classroom conference put on by the American Numismatic Association . Anyone ...
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Math Professor Solves Decades-Old Problem

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Interesting article . I wonder if there was a mistake--did he really solve it in only 120 words ? My favorite part of the entire article i...
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Monday, December 26, 2005

Library Liar Loses Libido

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By now you've heard the story. College students requests a book by Mao. College student reports being visited by agents of the Departme...
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My Kidnappers Are Not Criminals

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This is worse than Stockholm Syndrome.
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Another Reason Not To "Appreciate" The UN

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NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Up to about a third of the $590 million U.N. fund spent for the Indian Ocean tsunami relief may have gone to pay ...
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Sunday, December 25, 2005

All You Socialists Out There...

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Read this about France's titanic debt. This is what you want for America? If not, how do you expect the government (read, the citizen...
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Another Collection of Links

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This first piece is a lefty whine-fest about not doing enough to take care of the poor: Why won't Americans sacrifice a little for a ju...
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Merry Christmas...

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...to all my readers!
Saturday, December 24, 2005

CTA Rebate Check

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I got my CTA rebate check today along with a letter outlining the percentages of dues refunded to me. These percentages astound; I'll q...
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Friday, December 23, 2005

Mini Blogger-Con

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Met up with a fellow California edublogger today, Polski of Polski3's View From Here . He and his family are in the Capital City visiti...

Religious Jokes

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I think I mentioned it before, but some of my favorite jokes are religious and racial jokes (Richard Pryor, RIP). That's not because I...
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AP Courses

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Joanne (see blogroll at left) links to a story stating that the College Board will soon expect high school teachers of AP (advanced placeme...
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Thursday, December 22, 2005

Of Dress Codes and Kilts

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I'm usually a big fan of dress codes. Someone needs to teach students what is and is not appropriate public attire, and unlike, say, c...
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