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02/28/08

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This page will give you a sneak peak at my personal life.

So will these: Facebook  MySpace

Sharing my favorites is supposed to generate conversation, so when you have an opinion, tell me your favorites or vent your opinions concerning mine.

My personal portrait:


Top 5 Novels: 

  1. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

  2. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

  3. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

  4. Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

  5. Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
     

Writers I'd most like to be:

  • Annie Dillard - writer of insightful and artful non-fiction like The Writing Life and Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

  • E.B. White - writer of children's books, like Charlotte's Web, and essays, which were usually published in The New Yorker.  Thus, White was interesting to both his children and his friends - who could aspire to more?

Top 5 Movies

  1. Back to the Future - the first one earns the spot, though it's most fun to enjoy all three

  2. Lord of the Rings - I think of the entire trilogy as one work.

  3. Dead Poet's Society

  4. Shawshank Redemption

  5. The Natural
     

Top 5 Bands:


Preferred Weekend Activity
: hiking in the hills; in the winter, snowshoeing in the hills


Things to do before I die:

  • Learn to play the guitar

  • Learn to speak Spanish competently

  • Canoe with my family on the Boundary Waters in Minnesota


Harmless Addictions:

  • Media - I still work at KNBN, directing Newscenter 1 Today three mornings a week.

  • Boston Red Sox - I grew up an hour and a half north of Boston.

  • Coffee - In particular, Dark Canyon Coffee. My favorite is Dave's roast of Guatemalan coffee beans.  


Educational Achievements


Educational Philosophy

I believe educators must equip students with the essential skills they will need to move on to the next stage of their lives, whatever that stage may be. To do that best, I make my classroom an interactive environment where everyone’s work and ideas are valued. As a teacher, I am first a resource, introducing material through models and instruction. I am then a coach, guiding students in their own attempts to master that material. I provide students with opportunities to acquire and express learning through a variety of styles, and I vary my assessment techniques, because tests are limited in their ability to assess the skills of my subject. I deal with students practically, empathizing with them before reprimanding them and using the best disciplinary strategy for each situation. I expect great things from myself, and I trust that my students will understand that they are capable of the great things which I expect from them.


People Philosophy:
Love one another.


Grading Policy:
Click on the radio for a grading policy. Well, maybe it's not mine . . .                                  

My mom took the picture in the banner for this page. It's a typical sight in the town I grew up, though the people who are serious about producing syrup use plastic tubes and run them downhill.

 

     

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