The first winter Olympic Games opened in Chamonix, France, in 1924. It began the process of popularizing winter sports for ordinary people; prior to then, only very rich people (or those who lived in the mountains) skied. Do you like or participate in a winter sport, or would you like to learn one? Which one? Why that one? (If you are not interested in winter sports, tell why you feel as you do.)
The novelist W. Somerset Maugham (pronounced MÆHM) was born in 1874. He once wrote: “It is bad enough to know the past; it would be intolerable to know the future.” What about the future would you not want to know? Why?
Tim Walker is an American teaching in Finland. He offers interesting andinformative comparisons between practices in American schools and the highly regarded Finnish education system. Click below to read his latest post.
I have an expired (2001) 4 Year Provisional Certificate - Elementary (1-8) after I take my semester hours what type of license do I change it to? Initial 4 Year Resident Educator/Teaching - In State OR Initial 5 Year Professional/Teaching - In State