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Not Fat Enough to Float.

Mar 14, 2010 7:23am

People continue to ask me about 2 things: how’s Buddy the Dog and have I learned to swim? My answers: spoiled/sleepy and no. The dog needs his own fan club and I still sink like a rock If you are scoring at home, I’ve completed 4 swim lessons. That’s 4 straight weeks in a...

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Mar 11, 2010 2:17pm

Sometimes I think we make education too complicated. State tests. Federal tests. Special programs. Increasing graduation requirements. Spending insane amounts of money on Professional Development (the cost of name tags alone must be in the thousands of dollars). We come up with new ideas. We reinvent old ideas. We work in large groups. ...

Google Teacher Academy for Administrators. Time to Review.

Mar 10, 2010 6:40pm

I survived my trip to San Antonio. Sadly (for blogging purposes), nothing out of the ordinary happened. I don’t mind saying, I felt a little jipped. No drama. No “incidents” on the plane. No random stranger doing something stupid. Just a Google Conference. I say just, but it was so much more. A 12 hour...

Am I Weird?

Mar 7, 2010 6:39am

Easy. Read the blog before you answer. This may be my shortest entry of all-time (# 351 if you are scoring at home). It’s really a question disguised as a blog (so much for disguise). Do you think it’s weird to eat out when you are alone? I’m not talking about fast food. ...

Good Presenters Are…

Mar 6, 2010 7:45pm

I know nothing about a lot of things. One of these is my limited understanding of giving a presentation. But lack of knowledge doesn’t mean I can’t have an opinion (my blog after all). A great presentation requires many things. A nice room. Comfortable seating. Air conditioning, but not too much air conditioning (I...

Flying is Cool.

Mar 4, 2010 5:21am

As I type, I’m on my way to San Antonio, Texas. You know it’s the home of The Alamo (which I’m sorry to say is on my ever-growing list of disappointing national landmarks). The good news is I’m not walking. Or taking a canoe (which is good because I’m only on...

How Plumbers Can Improve Education.

Feb 27, 2010 3:39pm

Our educational system is broken. At least that’s what parents and the government believes. (I’m not saying they are right… I’m not saying they are wrong). Up to this point there has been some disagreement about how to fix it. I have the solution. Best of all I’m not going to charge a...

The Electronic Resume.

Feb 24, 2010 6:40pm

Are resumes dead? If your answer is NO, you can stop reading (thanks for stopping by and please tip your waitress). If you said YES, am I under any obligation to notify the next of kin? You can probably guess I think paper resumes have outlived their usefulness. You can also probably...

When Did Schools Go Into the Stupid Business?

Feb 20, 2010 8:25am

Stupid, stupid, stupid. I don’t mean to pile on, but how is this possible? How did one (or several) school administrators think “This is a good idea”? How is it that just when I think I’ve heard everything, something new and ignorant happens in education? From Philibrity: Lower Merion School District is involved...

There’s Old. Then There’s Me.

Feb 17, 2010 3:13pm

I’m taking swimming lessons. That’s a lie. I’m taking learn how not to drown lessons. I’ve been asked why I’m taking these classes. This is an excellent question Captain Obvious. I can’t swim. Why can’t I swim? Because I sink. Why do I sink? I’m not exactly sure, but I think it has something to do...