Category Archives: Teaching and Learning

How To Grow Lifelong Learners

Posted on August 21, 2010 by randomyriad

After reading a thoughtful and inspiring post about community building on my Reggio Emilia (an Italian model preschool program) email list. I began thinking about the community building projects that I have presided over through the years. They all had … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts from an Unemployed Mind

Posted on August 15, 2010 by randomyriad

Late in the spring, one of my students set up this scene depicting his interpretation of Lummi Island. I appreciated it because I used to live there.  As I was going through the photos on my camera I found this … Continue reading →

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One More Sentence, Please, Dear Reader/Writer?

Posted on August 6, 2010 by randomyriad

The reader! You, dogged, uninsultable, print-oriented bastard, it’s you I’m addressing, who else, from inside this monstrous fiction. You’ve read me this far, then? Even this far? For what discereditable motive? How is it you don’t go to a movie, … Continue reading →

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A Little Cervantes and Some Short, Fuzzy Answers

Posted on August 2, 2010 by randomyriad

This morning I was feeling  sick and tired of filling out endless online applications that seemed like written job interviews. When I came across this quote in Lua’s very literary Blog. It made me feel like by just trying your … Continue reading →

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Looking Beyond McCare World

Posted on July 28, 2010 by randomyriad

There is a lot of interest in me as a teacher all of a sudden, but I am skeptical whether any of the interested parties are willing to support me financially. That is the way it is in the early … Continue reading →

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