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Rory Feek and the One Room Schoolhouse
Surprise guest teacher, Rory Feek, visits The One Room Schoolhouse’s to share some stories and a song at the Hardison Mill Homestead School.
Just pull out your old math tool…
…and the answers will amaze you – it is so simple!
It sure beats Common Core-Uption
Any math teachers out there… do yourself and a future generation a favor… use a tape measure to teach fractions… teach the kids HOW to read and use a tape measure
You see… It can still be done!
The Teacher
NOTE: I found this on Facebook this morning and although I have read it before – I do not know how old this story is – or even if it is real, but I would like to believe that it is, fore I could also tell my own story – about a teacher who came to believe in me. ~ Ed.
As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. Continue reading
Life
Why We Desperately Need To Bring Back Vocational Training In Schools
Even more appropriate today than when first published. ~ Ed.
Instructor helps a student participating in a woodworking manufacturing training program
September 1, 2015 ~ Throughout most of U.S. history, American high school students were routinely taught vocational and job-ready skills along with the three Rs: reading, writing and arithmetic. Indeed readers of a certain age are likely to have fond memories of huddling over wooden workbenches learning a craft such as woodwork or maybe metal work, or any one of the hands-on projects that characterized the once-ubiquitous shop class.
But in the 1950s, a different philosophy emerged: the theory that students should follow separate educational tracks according to ability. The idea was that the college-bound would take traditional academic courses (Latin, creative writing, science, math) and received no vocational training. Those students not headed for college would take basic academic courses, along with vocational training, or “shop.” Continue reading
If you don’t know the story…
… then I would recommend searching on You Tube as his story is something to behold.
His wife Joey passed of cancer several years ago but, what you are about to watch is just one more step in his growth as a marvelous human being… and who knows – this video might give YOU some ideas as to what YOU can do to help the young.
OOPS – I see Rory and Joey’s daughter – Indiana in the classroom. . .
Loudon: Teaching Children How to Think
When I look around at the United States I wonder where did the United States go wrong? What brought us to this terrible state where we have two divisions of government (two separate philosophies) and two separate paths of thinking? Why is it that we have so much corruption, greed, power, money laundering, and forced control.? Why is our government going down the slippery, slimy path of deception and destruction?
Your answer may be different than mine, but I think we both will agree that somewhere in the past, it started with the division and diversion in people’s education, and professional ethics – and their inability to THINK! Continue reading
Do YOU Believe?
August 23, 2008 ~ Thousands of Dallas teachers are talking about the little boy with the big voice who wowed them earlier this week at a big beginning-of-school pep rally at American Airlines Center.
Who is this kid?, they wondered… Continue reading
The sadness which we weave for our children…
A lesson for today – and forever!
My heart is so broken right now. As I sit here at Chick-Fil-A watching my kids play I almost feel guilty writing this post because I don’t want to take my eyes off my kids for a second. But as I am sitting here watching the kids, I notice a mom and a little girl come sit at the table next to me. Continue reading
Stupid…
During a prank, a student stuck a paper on his classmate’s back that said “?’? ??????”, and asked the rest of the class not to tell the boy.
Thus the students began laughing on and off…
Came afternoon math class started and their teacher wrote a difficult question on the board.
No one was able to answer it except the boy with the sticker.
Amid the unexplained giggles, he walked toward the board and solved the problem.
The teacher asked the class to clap for him and remove the paper on his back. Continue reading
Teach – your children well…
Teacher: “Stroking Egos Does Nothing for Students. Raising Expectations Does.”
Armed with a bachelor of science in elementary education, I charged into my career as a teacher. I was immediately exposed to students at three levels of public schools:
1. A rather wealthy district with an average IQ of 120.
2. A classic, middle-class school.
3. A school that is best described as a mini United Nations.
In the “UN” school, approximately 25 percent of students were new immigrants, 30-35 percent were American-born blacks, and the remainder were 40-45 percent Caucasian. The economic structure ranged from welfare to upper middle class. Continue reading
Something NEW on Le Metropolis Café
Upgrade YOUR Vocabulary!
We love it when we find a new project which will step-up the education of our readers and students (well – they are actually YOUR students) – and the preview which we provide you today will only be available through through a new link which we have provided on the front page of our site.
What is posted below, is an example of what we received today, December 27, 2020. See more from us at the end of this post. ~ Editor
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26 Children’s Books to Nourish Growing Minds
Food Tank is highlighting 26 books that help show young people that food can be a universal language. These stories illuminate the ways that food is used to show love, bring together communities, pass on traditions, and teach lessons. And their authors show that no matter a person’s background and culture, nutritious food shared with loved ones can help bring anyone together.
These 26 children’s books celebrate food, diversity, the love of cooking, and community from seed to fork: Continue reading
The Powerful Brain
Can anyone read this? C’mon…. be HONEST!
An interesting test for your students…
20 Weather Activities for Kids
Children always get excited about the different weather patterns, but they can get confused. Often, it’s a good idea to use weather activities to help kids understand what is happening. They learn something, but they can also have fun and do experiments. With the newest technological advancements available, it’s easy to forget the magic of weather. Get back to basics with your children and help them understand what comes from the sky. Then, share this list with relatives, friends, coworkers, and neighbors to remind others what the weather does for them. Continue reading
Something NEW ~ the Bald Beagle
What you are about to read about – is the FIRST outbound link that we have added to any of our sites in some years, as we feel that it will allow the expansion of a REAL education, specifically aimed at younger students. The image that you see directly below, is also posted in the right side column of our website, which will always provide a direct link to the home page of Bald Beagle. ~ Editor
Bald Beagle is more than a place to find engaging, educational entertainment content for kids. Bald Beagle is a mission.
Bald Beagle’s mission is to present kids with high-quality educational content that illustrates the great – and sometimes complicated – history and principles of these United States we are blessed to call home. From the founding fathers, to how Government actually works, and what kids can do right now to protect and preserve our constitutional republic. Continue reading
Zappa on Civics and more!
I remember well, that, in Illinois, to graduate from High School, you had to pass a US Constitution Exam. You were first were given the test in your Sophomore year, and a small group of knuckleheads were still taking the test two years later, in their Senior year. However, we all passed the exam before graduation. Apparently many of those people washed all of that information from their brain shortly afterwords. ~ Phillip Meier
Mr. Meier was a classmate of mine back in the day. ~ Ed.