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Should a Student Haveto Try to Fail?
It's easy to fail a course, but it's also quite hard.
Thinking Context: No More Writing "Workshop"
Changing language changes attitudes in my creative writing classes.
On Hockey and Higher Ed
Higher education has a lot to learn from professional hockey.
NYT Magazine Blows One
The NYT Magazine published an essay about something that happened, but that doesn't make it the truth.
Recommended Reading: Adaptive Software and More...
Sharing some worthwhile essays on adaptive learning software, college sports, and teaching and social media ethics.
Not Lottery/Not Meritocracy, What Is It?
We need to stop looking at tenure track jobs as a lottery. They aren't.
Thinking Context: Professors and Teachers
Professor and teacher are not interchangeable words. Our students are unlikely to realize this.
Thinking Context: School Is Not the Hunger Games
First in a series about the role context plays in learning.