Back to School- Right on Target
I have so many mixed emotions about returning to the school district next week. On the one hand, I will have to give up my “Lady of Leisure who Lunches” status, which is sad, because I’m SO good at it. No more “to do” lists that include “Wait for Mail Delivery” and “Obtain Cappuccino.” No […]
The Wackness in Education
I love independent films. I went to one last night called “The Wackness” about a drug dealer kid in NYC in 1994, who falls in love for the first time and finds himself and whatnot. My favorite scene was when he and love interest are having a deep talk and she says, “You know what’s […]
Find Your Path
I love educational psychology conferences. I love the big fat program with 10 million presentations on some obscure facet of learning that I can file away under “Empirically Proven!” in my mind. Then, at cocktail parties or in my practice, I can merge all these facts and espouse something interesting about child development. (I do […]
NFTSP Spam-Fest!
I don’t know if anyone else who subscribes to my blog got spammed this morning, but I sure did. Yes, I subscribe to my own blog. I swear, I’m not narcissistic, I just like to see if it is being delivered properly. And I got 25 delivered today to my inbox. Hm. Apparently, blogger felt […]
Reflecting on the Reflection of My Reflection
Anyone who has been through graduate school in psychology or education knows that the standard pedagogical practice in most classes is to reflect on what you have observed or read. This reflection* is thought to bring you closer to the material and improve your practice. In my brother-in-law’s Education Ph.D. program, he had to reflect […]
Psychoeducational Part VI – Visual Processing
I see a group of fuzzy hairs attached to a medium sized four-legged creature. A large pink object attached to a smaller portion of the figure is approaching my face. And it is my dog, licking my face at 7am.* What I’ve just described is the process of visual perception. I see a bunch of […]
Resource BONANZA
Dear Special Education Teachers, I hope you are all taking time off this summer to rest, relax, and rejuvenate. You should be sipping something out of some variety of tropical fruit with a little umbrella in it for all the hard work you do during the school year. But when you’re done with that, here’s […]
Worth a Whole Post
After my last post about how movies portray urban education, Christina emailed a link to a MAD TV clip that made me laugh out loud. It’s called, “Nice White Lady.” Enjoy! Thanks Christina
School’s Out for Summer
Now that my public schools are out until August, where will I get blogfodder? Where? Where? Ah yes. I will get it from my dear googlers. As I mentioned before, I am fascinated by how people find my blog. Some randomly come to the blog by typing in “ugliest girl in school” or “you sit […]
An Ounce of Prevention costs $2650
Now that it’s summer break, I have time to do those pesky little things that get shoved to the bottom of the to-do list. I took my car in for an oil change and was informed that I needed a full service that would cost $395. I smugly said, “the warranty should cover that.” She […]
