So I saw this video made by a teacher in Central Arkansas, Tyler Tarver, while I was browsing around the internet over the past weekend. Immediately upon watching the video had a feeling of empathy come over me. Some of the things that students say in school sound really stupid when you take them out…
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Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, better known by her stage name M.I.A., is a British recording artist, songwriter, painter and director of Sri Lankan Tamil descent. Her compositions combine elements of electronica, dance, alternative, hip hop and world music. M.I.A. began her career in 2000 as a visual artist, filmmaker and designer in West London before beginning…
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Some time ago I made a commitment to my dear friend Mr. Lamshed that I would join in his efforts to support cancer research. As I’ve stated before, Mr. Lamshed and his students participate in an annual event called Clippers for Cancer. During this event his students raise money for the McGuinness McDermott Foundation for…
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We start fudnraising March 26…act like you know. Mr. McClung
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On Friday before spring break my AVID students completed their second service learning project of the school year. This project was another teacher appreciation project in which the students prepared invitations to our teachers and staff at school to join us for lunch. We prepared a huge table on our stage in the cafeteria that…
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Lesson One… Act like you know has somehow become my unofficial slogan for teaching, coaching, and life in general…however, today it became official. On our morning announcements usually end with either a quote of the day or an interesting fact and today I made the quote of the day thanks to one of my cross country runners….
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“Prosser’s Parking Lot” being removed in May of 2011. Today our normal conversations took a bit of a detour as we took some time to listen to music and talk about slave revolts. In class I played a song by one of my favorite musicians, Tim Barry, titled “Prosser’s Gabriel. The story that Barry tells is…
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Fun. is an American indie pop band based in New York City, New York that was formed by Nate Ruess, formerly of The Format. After the 2008 breakup of The Format, Ruess then formed Fun with Andrew Dost of Anathallo and Jack Antonoff of Steel Train. Fun has released two albums, their debut Aim and…
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…for fundraising, that is. As we move closer to spring, it’s about that time that we start to gear up for fundraisers in my class. If you have followed our blog in the past you likely know about our annual fundraiser for Susan G. Koman. However, after being approached by a former student I have…
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On Friday we held our annual talent show at Woodland Jr. High, and as usual we had tons of great performances by our students. The videos below include several of my Arkansas History students…please excuse the shotty camera work and position on my part. Ryan from 2nd period and her dance performance. Genny from 4th…
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