mcclishs’ blog

Terrance Buckner moth story

2009-11-18T03:08:17Z

Terrance Buckner is a teenager from Brooklyn and a graduate of the mothshop which seems to be some sort of creativity workshop where people get together and tell stories and read poems and the like. Anyway Terrance decided to share with an audienc...

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Rita Bender discussion

2009-11-17T04:54:36Z

The Rita Bender discussion was very interesting. First of all, I am absolubtely fascinated with American history. My grandfather was a civil war buff and collected old civil war antiques and would show me them from time to time. He also kept exten...

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Community Assessment

2009-10-22T02:39:18Z

Sean McClish Community Assessment: Byhalia, Mississippi 1)With regards to overall trade potential, there seems to be very little. Byhalia itself is very limited in both population and jobs. It serves mainly as a small commercial center for the ru...

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Homework

2009-10-22T02:22:53Z

Homework is a great way to practice skills and review for students. High achieving schools implement homework because they know it works. Not only does it allow you to burn skills and knowledge into your academic repertoire, but it builds time man...

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Realistic expectations

2009-10-22T01:32:41Z

"High expectations" is a phrase kicked around in education quite a bit, but I feel that it is a phrase that is far too often misconstrued to the detriment of students and teachers alike. Too often teachers are told that students will meet whatever...

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Keys to Classroom management

2009-09-22T06:05:18Z

For me it all starts with the way class begins. If students start the class off-task and unfocused than it will be very difficult to reel them back in and have a successful class period. It is therefore of utmost importance that the do-now/bellwor...

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Tips and Tricks to staying organized

2009-09-22T05:30:04Z

Organization is everything as a school teacher, especially in a critical needs school. Last year my organization was not up to par and it made my job much more difficult. Some of my biggest problems last year were having efficient ways to: 1)take ...

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Things to improve on..

2009-08-31T03:12:18Z

The two things that I most want to improve on are my labs and using technology in the classroom. Last year, lab was not very useful. We rarely went back to lab and when we did, the students were not on task. Honestly, I thought that every lab last...

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This year vs. last year: first week

2009-08-31T03:00:53Z

Last year: I was anxious, apprehensive and nervous. Every moment was eyeopening, and a heightened awareness made every second seem to last an hour as my senses soaked everything up from the environment. I spent the 1st day playing a name game to r...

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failure

2009-06-25T18:47:59Z

Failures: There were many failures this year, but I'd like to view these as learning experiences that I could draw from to become a better teacher and better person. My list includes: classroom management struggles during 1st semester not effec...

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