Aug 25, 2007

The Organizational Drift

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Several contradictory experiences of the last week allowed me to see a pattern. I had a few frustrating moments trying to navigate through ...
Aug 17, 2007

Can you ever go home?

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My Russian in-law family, six of them, stayed with us for a while. We had a lot of fun, and some very good, very Russian conversations. A v...
Aug 3, 2007

Dances with Data

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Carolyn, our NCATE Queen, and I were dancing with and around data a lot. Our dependable work studies have been diligently punching in numbe...
Jul 27, 2007

Churchill and tenure

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Professor Ward Churchill was just dismissed from UC Boulder for plagiarism and fabrications. He claims the accusations are false, and he i...
Jul 20, 2007

Freud for teachers, amended

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It’s been very hot in Northern Colorado, and air-conditioning was, of course, scheduled to be repaired exactly at the same time. Not in Marc...
Jul 15, 2007

Weddings, rituals, and memories

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OK, these are the threads I need to tie together: being back from vacation, my daughter’s wedding, and one year on this job. Too much for on...
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Jun 15, 2007

Curriculum and communiction

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My colleagues are awesome teachers. Out entire School’s student evaluations average 4.14 on a 5 point scale. If you take out a couple of pro...
Jun 8, 2007

Shift Left

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I have spent a significant part of this week working on computer. Last Summer, as soon as I came aboard, a problem presented itself: the tea...
Jun 1, 2007

The 90/10 rule

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The data technology revolution is here. Because we live in the midst of it, it is hard to see the magnitude of the changes we experience. Ma...
May 25, 2007

The cost of fairness

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It’s Friday before the Memorial Day weekend. Absolutely no one will read this, I hope. People should be enjoying the summer weather, resting...
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May 17, 2007

What is most important

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When I talk to one of our students, I often imagine hundreds of children behind the student’s back, looking at me from some distance, expect...
May 11, 2007

Zeno, Buddha and Program Development

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It is the end of the school year, when bodies rebel against indoor confinement, when final exams are nervously taken and mostly passed, and ...
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May 4, 2007

What makes me angry

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I rarely get angry on the job. Other people’s and my own errors don’t bother me much; I find the institutional quirks amusing and generally ...
Apr 27, 2007

Gospriyomka and NCATE

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When Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in 1985, one of the first things he did was establishing a highly centralized federal quality police. I...
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Apr 20, 2007

Time density

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Time is not like a constant stream; it varies greatly in density. Today, for example, Jenni, Jeanie, Eugene and I were able to formulate a l...
Apr 13, 2007

The clouds glide by

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When I get too busy, I slow down. This is probably a way of calming myself, and fighting anxiety. I will either read a book that has nothing...
Apr 6, 2007

The ethics of rumoring

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Rumor is essential to any community’s life. It’s the oldest and one of the most efficient means of group communication. People select the mo...
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