Tag Archives: Teaching and Learning

This Year Has Got to be Better. Right?

Posted on January 3, 2008 by randomyriad

I keep trying to write a post about last year and last week, but I am in a weirdly negative place right now. I was feeling pretty good about the last year until I really took a good look at … Continue reading →

Posted in All part of the process, can't really complain but, change, developing relationships, Family, Questions and riddles, Teaching and Learning, the end is the beginning, thinking in words, working world | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

How to Prevent Arachnicide and Teach Scientific Concepts To Preschoolers.

Posted on November 7, 2007 by randomyriad

I heard the yell come from my students, “spider!” and I knew I had to act quickly to save a helpless creature. One of my 4 year olds had the spider, actually a harvester (an arachnid with 6 legs and … Continue reading →

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Alls Well That Ends Well or A Tail Chasing Tale

Posted on October 26, 2007 by randomyriad

I came home today dragging and sagging and tense as all of our deadlines coincide tomorrow, every time I turn around at work there is something new on my to do list. Like my Punjabi colleague says about documentation and … Continue reading →

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I am the Dreamer Dreamed

Posted on October 23, 2007 by randomyriad

I woke up sweating and terrified from a dream in which all the multitude of things hanging by a thread in my life came crashing down. In the last scene I was walking through a hall looking for a woman … Continue reading →

Posted in Dreamtime, NaNoWriMo, novel projects, Other peoples words, Telling Stories, visions from the dark side, working world | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Learning Compassion from a Younger You

Posted on October 14, 2007 by randomyriad

This morning I had a dream about a wind storm that was lifting and rocking an old farm house in the middle of a city on a dark night. I was a young man in a large bedroom with a … Continue reading →

Posted in autumn, developing relationships, Dreamtime, paying attention, philosophy, Teaching and Learning, Telling Stories, time travel, whereever you go there you are | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments