Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher

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

Saturday, November 30, 2019

Retiring Overseas

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I seriously considered giving up my job and getting a teaching job in an international school overseas, as a friend of mine did.  She could ...
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Friday, November 29, 2019

I've Done So Little This Week

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It's been so nice !  It surprises people, especially those who know me in person, to learn that I'm an introvert.  I need lots of al...
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely

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Now that the left completely controls academia, they have become what they claimed to be against : December’s Notices of the American Math...
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Monday, November 25, 2019

No, It Doesn't Add Up

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Rather than teaching math (which is haaaaaard), there are some on the left who think we should abandon math and teach social justice instead...
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Saturday, November 23, 2019

The Union Mentality Is The Mindset of Children

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I resigned my union membership in 2005.  They didn't have to, but the local union did the right thing and allowed me to participate in c...
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Thursday, November 21, 2019

An Abuse Of Office

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Why shouldn't Gruesome Newsom have filed this case , right, lefties?  It's not like he had to spend his own money on it, only to be...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Financial Literacy

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This is my first year teaching "financial math", and this semester we've focused on "financial literacy".  Over the ...
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Tuesday, November 19, 2019

College Entrance Exams

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In general I support objective tests, but the devil is in the details.  I don't really like AP, for example, because I believe AP conte...
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Monday, November 18, 2019

If We Judged Govt Programs By Their Actual Outcomes Rather Than Their Wish-For Outcomes....

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Why does no one seem to care?  Is it because Common Core was pushed by Saint Barack's administration?  Had any Republican been so instru...
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Sunday, November 17, 2019

A New Discovery About Matrices

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The first time I studied linear algebra was when I was an exchange cadet at the Air Force Academy.  That was the only course in all of my co...
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Wind Turbines--Landfill Disaster

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What good is wind power here in California?  When the wind blows, they shut the power off. But what about the rest of the country?  Isn...
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Saturday, November 16, 2019

Buying The Rope That Will Hang Them

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When newspeople don't value the 1st Amendment ...: S uppose you’re the editorial-page editor of a college newspaper, contemplating th...
Friday, November 15, 2019

The 4th Amendment

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I agree with this ruling : A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Border Patrol agents need “reasonable suspicion” before they can search inte...
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Thursday, November 14, 2019

I Care About As Much As My District Seems To

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I received the following as an attachment to an email today: Ignore for a moment the robotic tone of the message and the email it came wi...
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Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Rejecting Diversity and Equity

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This article is exceedingly logical--which is why lefties will never even hear of it. Here is the argument against so-called diversity: ...
Monday, November 11, 2019

Veterans Day

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It started as Armistice Day, commemorating the end of World War I--which until that time had been the bloodiest war in human history.  Thus ...
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Sunday, November 10, 2019

You Are To Be Silent

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Much like " OK Boomer " is nothing more than a comment designed to shut down discussion, so is mention of " privilege ":...
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Saturday, November 09, 2019

The Day The Wall Came Down

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Thirty years ago today the Berlin Wall came down .  Do you remember that night?  I do. In this post I talk about what it was like to grow...

Ukraine-gate

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Friday, November 08, 2019

I'm Surprised It Took This Long

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President Reagan gets some well-deserved recognition : (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Berlin unveiled a statue of Ronald Reagan on Friday at a...
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