Lessons Learned

Lesson One – Geeking It with Running One accomplishment that I’m very proud of is how our cross country program has developed in the short period of time that I have been here. Since I’ve been here I’ve seen the program go from being a after thought with only 14 total members to being the…

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Lesson One – RALPH This year we have a new coveted prize on our cross country team. It’s not a trophy or any type of award, but rather a simple t-shirt that says “RALPH”. This shirt is known as the RALPH shirt and someone earns it by “throwing up” during a run…pleasant I know. The…

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Lesson One – Sick Day As I was laying on my bathroom floor yesterday looking up at the ceiling, I quickly realized that I’m not a fan of sick days. Yesterday I was out of school the entire day with a terrible stomach bug, which was my first sick day I’ve ever taken while teaching…and…

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Lesson One -Welcome Back, Fall There has been a slight chill in the air this week that has reminded us that fall is almost upon us. This means many things for us here in the Natural State, for one it means that the 100+ degree days are behind us, two it means that football is…

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Lesson One – 9/11/01 Much like many other schools around the nation, today we will be observing the events of 9/11/01. We will be having a school wide observation and paying tribute to those that lost their lives on that day in September. In my class we will be sharing stories of 9/11, for me it…

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Lesson One – We Got Spirit Game week is finally here for us here in Fayetteville. Today our football teams will be playing their first game of the season and the University of Arkansas will be hosting their first game of the year as well. Fayetteville really comes alive around the start of football season…

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Lesson One – Lessons Learned in Great American Schooling Nothing says America quite like The Duke… Each Friday in my class is a mini holiday…on Fridays we take the time to celebrate the week that was by listening to a little bit of Arcade Fire and doing the lessons learned of the week. Lessons learned…

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Lessons Learned – End of Summer Edition

Lesson One – Let’s Take a Trip As summer merciful comes to an end, I thought it would be appropriate to take a little bit of time to reflect on my summer. I traveled a lot this summer…during the course of the summer I took trips to Europe (Prague, Vienna, and Budapest), Nashville, San Diego,…

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Lesson One -Black Tie Affair Today is the day…the McClungs are finally here. Today in my history classes we will be celebrating excellence in education but presenting McClung Awards to all those that were deemed as being exemplary performance in class. Lesson Two – Final Thoughts on Central Today we will be wrapping up our…

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Lesson One – Picture This This week we have been talking quite a bit about Little Rock Central High School and the Little Rock Nine Crisis. One thing that I’ve noticed in the time that we have been discussing this important part of Arkansas history is that majority of my students have very little knowledge…

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