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Can Anyone Use Free Poetry CDs Read By Vincent Price, Scourb

by Raftery (retired Detroit area)

Oct 28, 2009

oetry Readers-Vincent Price, Alexander Scourby, Agnes Moorehead, Orsen Wells, Helen Hayes (FREE) At 78 I will not be needing these again. [email removed]

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should i be concerned?

by Rachel

Oct 29, 2009

I go to university in London and there is this one prof who I feel likes me (it's this gut feeling I have and I'm usually not wrong) he gives me really good grades (nothing lower than 95 percent when in reality I don't know the material that well and I KNOW i don't deserve such grades in that class) I was in the university library recently (I was r...See More

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pixie What has happened since your post? My advice would be to watch the movie Moonstruck and pay close attention to the scenes of the college professor (played by John Mahoney) in the restaurant.

On 10/29/09, Rachel wrote: > I go to university in London and there is this one prof who > I feel likes me (it's this gut feeling I have and I'm...See More

Nov 23, 2009

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Just chat

by Dr. Francis John Maguire, Ph.D.

Nov 11, 2009

Juts here to read what is going on

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Do you have an annoying colleague?

by Kathleen - Teachers.Net

Nov 13, 2009

Without identifying the person or the location, tell us about your most annoying colleague. What does he or she do that drives you crazy?

If you've found a way to ease or eliminate the negative effect this annoying person has on you, please share that, too!

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College: Investment or Vacation?

by GL

Nov 18, 2009

assing a college course no more indicates a human capital gain than just going to a gym indicates an improvement in physical fitness.

To get through college, many students don’t have to become better at reading, at writing, at math, at logic. Sadly, the key consideration at many colleges is not educational excellence or even modest progr...See More

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L. Swilley On 11/18/09, GL wrote: > Passing a college course no more indicates a human capital > gain than just going to a gym indicates an improvement in > physical fitness. > > To get through college, many students don’t have to become > better at reading, at writing, at math, at logic. Sadly, the > key consideration at many colleges ...See MoreOn 11/18/09, GL wrote: > Passing a college course no more indicates a human capital > gain than just going to a gym indicates an improvement in > physical fitness. > > To get through college, many students don’t have to become > better at reading, at writing, at math, at logic. Sadly, the > key consideration at many colleges is not educational > excellence or even modest progress, but simply enrolling and > collecting tuition from as many students as possible. > Therefore, course content has been watered down and > expectations lowered so that even the weakest and most > disengaged students can pass. As Steve Balch, founder of the > National Association of Scholars says, “We don’t so much > have higher education these days, as longer education.”

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At their best these days, many colleges are designed to produce workers rather than human beings. The idea of a liberal education (the refinement of human being) has been lost in the rush to train our youth for professional work. We cannot blame young people who seek work-training, but we can blame our universities for failing to make clear to them the distinction between practical, utilitarian purposes and knowledge-for-its-own-sake ones.

Too, so much of what we now expect of even our better colleges should have been accomplished in high schools. In earlier centuries, "Reading, writing, logic and math" would have been the stuff of training of children and adolescents. Now our lower schools have become distorted with concern for self-esteem and self-expression - and with "certification" given too many of those "teachers" who have little or no knowledge or even interest in the subjects they presume to teach.

We need also to awaken to the fact that, in earlier centuries, liberal arts training (to refine human being) was limited to those few who were wealthy, those "gentlemen" who did not need to work, those persons who accepted the standard of noblesse oblige. We should notice that we have a comparable element in our society now - our retired senior citizens, who are free from the need to work, and who are hungry for knowledge of Philosophy, Art, Literature, History, etc., all those subjects that constitute a liberal education.

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Nov 24, 2009

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Heart's Content Amen!

On 11/24/09, L. Swilley wrote: > On 11/18/09, GL wrote: >> Passing a college course no more indicates a human capital >> gain than just going to a gym indicates an improvement in >> physical fitness. >> >> To get through college, many students don’t have to become >> better at reading, at writ...See MoreAmen!

On 11/24/09, L. Swilley wrote: > On 11/18/09, GL wrote: >> Passing a college course no more indicates a human capital >> gain than just going to a gym indicates an improvement in >> physical fitness. >> >> To get through college, many students don’t have to become >> better at reading, at writing, at math, at logic. Sadly, the >> key consideration at many colleges is not educational >> excellence or even modest progress, but simply enrolling and >> collecting tuition from as many students as possible. >> Therefore, course content has been watered down and >> expectations lowered so that even the weakest and most >> disengaged students can pass. As Steve Balch, founder of the >> National Association of Scholars says, “We don’t so much >> have higher education these days, as longer education.” > > ========================================================= > > At their best these days, many colleges are designed to > produce workers rather than human beings. The idea of a > liberal education (the refinement of human being) has been > lost in the rush to train our youth for professional work. > We cannot blame young people who seek work-training, but we > can blame our universities for failing to make clear to them > the distinction between practical, utilitarian purposes and > knowledge-for-its-own-sake ones. > > Too, so much of what we now expect of even our better > colleges should have been accomplished in high schools. In > earlier centuries, "Reading, writing, logic and math" would > have been the stuff of training of children and adolescents. > Now our lower schools have become distorted with concern for > self-esteem and self-expression - and with "certification" > given too many of those "teachers" who have little or no > knowledge or even interest in the subjects they presume to > teach. > > We need also to awaken to the fact that, in earlier > centuries, liberal arts training (to refine human being) was > limited to those few who were wealthy, those "gentlemen" who > did not need to work, those persons who accepted the standard > of noblesse oblige. We should notice that we have a > comparable element in our society now - our retired senior > citizens, who are free from the need to work, and who are > hungry for knowledge of Philosophy, Art, Literature, History, > etc., all those subjects that constitute a liberal education. > > L. Swilley

Nov 30, 2009

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Pilot Testing Opportunity from Pearson

by Heather Klesch

Nov 19, 2009

Faculty, you can earn $50 Penguin vouchers! Invite your students to register and take pilot tests.

Your students, and any students preparing to become educators, are invited to contribute to the development of the NES® (National Evaluation Series™) teacher certification testing program.

How can you help?

Encourage stud...See More

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UC application-personal statement

by Jay

Nov 24, 2009

Can someone please read, critique and rank my personal statement... I really want to polish it before I submit.

Question-Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud, and how does it relate to the person you are?
...See MoreCan someone please read, critique and rank my personal statement... I really want to polish it before I submit.

Question-Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud, and how does it relate to the person you are?

Answer-By December of this year, I will have achieved the single greatest tangible accomplishment of any known member of my family, and will posses something unprecedented in the entire history of my lineage - a college diploma. My beginnings were rough, and I was passed back and forth between my mother and father starting at a very young age. I lived primarily with my father, whom I cared for until he lost his battle with a terminal heart failure when I was sixteen. The next few years were very traumatic for me, as I once again was moved around from receiving home to relatives. By the time I was eighteen I was living on my own, working two jobs, and attending college. After my second year of college I realized that I was suffering from a terrible anxiety problem which was interfering with my education and personal wellbeing. After almost a year of counseling, I was diagnosed and treated for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which I manifested under the extreme stress and trauma of witnessing my father’s death and then being left with no one to care for me. The healing experience has been the most important part of my journey, and I have adapted a philosophy which I feel will be with me the rest of my life. I have an intrinsic motivation for accomplishing my own personal goals, and have worked tremendously hard to get to where I am today-healthy, happy, and independent. The lifestyle I have adapted in the wake of all my triumphs reflects my newfound faith in the endless possibilities that lay before me. I have invested my full spirit and vigor towards the two things that matter to me in life- loving and learning. I consider myself a true connoisseur of knowledge, and wish to amass all the experiences I can in this life. I have a giant heart for both humans and animals in need, and fell a great responsibility towards all that are enduring hardships. I know personally the pain and suffering that comes along with being a poor child growing up in a less than ideal home situation, which is why I have donated so much of my time to volunteer and have aimed my career goals at teaching. Looking back on all the progress I have made as well as to the future at all I hope to accomplish, I feel confident enough to say that I have surpassed any and all expectations of the normal mold for a child growing up in an abusive home.

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Jay can you elaborate a little more on that Inder?

On 11/24/09, Inder wrote: > > Jay, I think that you need to improve your command over the > English language.... > > > On 11/24/09, Jay wrote: >> Can someone please read, critique and rank my personal >> statement... I really want to polish it before I submit. >...See Morecan you elaborate a little more on that Inder?

On 11/24/09, Inder wrote: > > Jay, I think that you need to improve your command over the > English language.... > > > On 11/24/09, Jay wrote: >> Can someone please read, critique and rank my personal >> statement... I really want to polish it before I submit. >> >> Question-Tell us about a personal quality, talent, >> accomplishment, contribution or experience that is >> important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment >> makes you proud, and how does it relate to the person you >> are? >> >> >> Answer-By December of this year, I will have achieved the >> single greatest tangible accomplishment of any known member >> of my family, and will posses something unprecedented in >> the entire history of my lineage - a college diploma. My >> beginnings were rough, and I was passed back and forth >> between my mother and father starting at a very young age. >> I lived primarily with my father, whom I cared for until he >> lost his battle with a terminal heart failure when I was >> sixteen. The next few years were very traumatic for me, as >> I once again was moved around from receiving home to >> relatives. By the time I was eighteen I was living on my >> own, working two jobs, and attending college. After my >> second year of college I realized that I was suffering from >> a terrible anxiety problem which was interfering with my >> education and personal wellbeing. After almost a year of >> counseling, I was diagnosed and treated for Post Traumatic >> Stress Disorder, which I manifested under the extreme >> stress and trauma of witnessing my father’s death and then >> being left with no one to care for me. The healing >> experience has been the most important part of my journey, >> and I have adapted a philosophy which I feel will be with >> me the rest of my life. I have an intrinsic motivation for >> accomplishing my own personal goals, and have worked >> tremendously hard to get to where I am today-healthy, >> happy, and independent. The lifestyle I have adapted in the >> wake of all my triumphs reflects my newfound faith in the >> endless possibilities that lay before me. I have invested >> my full spirit and vigor towards the two things that matter >> to me in life- loving and learning. I consider myself a >> true connoisseur of knowledge, and wish to amass all the >> experiences I can in this life. I have a giant heart for >> both humans and animals in need, and fell a great >> responsibility towards all that are enduring hardships. I >> know personally the pain and suffering that comes along >> with being a poor child growing up in a less than ideal >> home situation, which is why I have donated so much of my >> time to volunteer and have aimed my career goals at >> teaching. Looking back on all the progress I have made as >> well as to the future at all I hope to accomplish, I feel >> confident enough to say that I have surpassed any and all >> expectations of the normal mold for a child growing up in >> an abusive home.

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Dr. C Too many sentences begin with "I." Also, you need to vary your sentence lengths more. Noticed some spelling errors also.

I personally think you picked a poor feature of your past to write about. Overcoming an anxiety disorder is not exactly something what a school wants to hear about. Anxiety related problems, learning disabilities, addic...See MoreToo many sentences begin with "I." Also, you need to vary your sentence lengths more. Noticed some spelling errors also.

I personally think you picked a poor feature of your past to write about. Overcoming an anxiety disorder is not exactly something what a school wants to hear about. Anxiety related problems, learning disabilities, addictions, and personal problems are a huge barrier to student success according to my research and sometimes require a lot of institutional resources to overcome. In other words, you are one big question mark.

Haven't you accomplished something else you could talk about that demonstrates your thirst for knowledge and/or concern for animals?

Just my opinion. Some evaluators would not let your application go to the next step.

On 11/24/09, Jay wrote: > can you elaborate a little more on that Inder? > > On 11/24/09, Inder wrote: >> >> Jay, I think that you need to improve your command over the >> English language.... >> >> >> On 11/24/09, Jay wrote: >>> Can someone please read, critique and rank my personal >>> statement... I really want to polish it before I submit. >>> >>> Question-Tell us about a personal quality, talent, >>> accomplishment, contribution or experience that is >>> important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment >>> makes you proud, and how does it relate to the person you >>> are? >>> >>> >>> Answer-By December of this year, I will have achieved the >>> single greatest tangible accomplishment of any known member >>> of my family, and will posses something unprecedented in >>> the entire history of my lineage - a college diploma. My >>> beginnings were rough, and I was passed back and forth >>> between my mother and father starting at a very young age. >>> I lived primarily with my father, whom I cared for until he >>> lost his battle with a terminal heart failure when I was >>> sixteen. The next few years were very traumatic for me, as >>> I once again was moved around from receiving home to >>> relatives. By the time I was eighteen I was living on my >>> own, working two jobs, and attending college. After my >>> second year of college I realized that I was suffering from >>> a terrible anxiety problem which was interfering with my >>> education and personal wellbeing. After almost a year of >>> counseling, I was diagnosed and treated for Post Traumatic >>> Stress Disorder, which I manifested under the extreme >>> stress and trauma of witnessing my father’s death and then >>> being left with no one to care for me. The healing >>> experience has been the most important part of my journey, >>> and I have adapted a philosophy which I feel will be with >>> me the rest of my life. I have an intrinsic motivation for >>> accomplishing my own personal goals, and have worked >>> tremendously hard to get to where I am today-healthy, >>> happy, and independent. The lifestyle I have adapted in the >>> wake of all my triumphs reflects my newfound faith in the >>> endless possibilities that lay before me. I have invested >>> my full spirit and vigor towards the two things that matter >>> to me in life- loving and learning. I consider myself a >>> true connoisseur of knowledge, and wish to amass all the >>> experiences I can in this life. I have a giant heart for >>> both humans and animals in need, and fell a great >>> responsibility towards all that are enduring hardships. I >>> know personally the pain and suffering that comes along >>> with being a poor child growing up in a less than ideal >>> home situation, which is why I have donated so much of my >>> time to volunteer and have aimed my career goals at >>> teaching. Looking back on all the progress I have made as >>> well as to the future at all I hope to accomplish, I feel >>> confident enough to say that I have surpassed any and all >>> expectations of the normal mold for a child growing up in >>> an abusive home.

Nov 25, 2009

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New Adjuncts, How Did The Semester Go?

by sspill

Dec 1, 2009

I'm just following up with the posts from the beginning of the semester. I was wondering how your first semester went? I actually loved my first semester. My students are great. Of course there are the frustrating ones that don't put in the effort, but overall they were a fun, respectful group. The semester was a huge learning experience for me in ...See More

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Winnie King I had a lovely time, too. I was worried about new technology, since I have not taught regularly since the 1980's, but everything worked out well. I am building tech skills slowly, but the students were very helpful. Once the students understood that it was not an adversarial situation, they relaxed, did their work, and had fun. On the first day of ...See More

Dec 1, 2009

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Any sociology teachers?

by soc101

Dec 3, 2009

Going into 2nd semester teaching soc 101 and wondering-what text book do you like, I used Intro to Soc A Down to Earth Approach-it was ok. Any books I should read/other suggestions?

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