Cheating and plagiarism happen. I knew that in theory, but it was a disappointing thing to deal with in my own classroom. In a particularly bad season of this, I realized that I wanted to find a way to hold students accountable to high standards of academic ethics while teaching them why it so was…
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Find yourself a mentor-or two-or three…
I was sitting in a meeting a few weeks ago in a very frustrated state of mind. Something good for students was being proposed, and the negativity of the response just reinforced the need for the proposed change! I raised my hand repeatedly to no avail, wanting to point out the irony. I was not…
Seeds
The seed catalogs have started to arrive. I love this harbinger of spring, evidence that winter is not forever. This week, their arrival got me thinking about seeds and the various forms in which they will naturally appear in my backyard. We always have scores of acorns. My youngest granddaughter spent hours collecting them last…