Archive for October 2008
Grammatically Incorrect
Posted by: dateacher on: October 31, 2008
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Everyday we hear it on the television or read it in the newspaper or hear it on the radio – what is it…the English language. In these United States, we speak this language, and those of us born in this country learn this language as our “first”, and yet, we have no official language. Every year [...]
Happy Anniversary
Posted by: dateacher on: October 30, 2008
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On this momentous occasion, I would like to toot my own horn. I’ll pat myself and my husband on the back. Fifteen years ago today a small town (Southern) girl married a big city (Northern) boy, and the two have been living happily ever after since. So, not every day has been wedded bliss, but more so than not. In fifteen [...]
All Hallow’s Eve
Posted by: dateacher on: October 29, 2008
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This week has been a wave of excitement for me. Last week my titleless blog post was featured on The Buzz – big shout out for that! Over these last few months of blogging, I was wondering if anyone, other than a few friends and my mother, was reading what I’d written…and finally I got [...]
The Post without a Title
Posted by: dateacher on: October 22, 2008
So I guess you could say my creativity for titles is off today…and it’s an off-topic post.
Classes have been going well – working out the kinks and preparing for future semesters has been keeping me busy. But, it seems the girls have figured me out – which is good and bad. They still need [...]
Love what you do
Posted by: dateacher on: October 15, 2008
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I have found that if you love what you do, if you have a true passion for what you do, then you are better at that particular job than if you didn’t have that passion. I have done many jobs in my life of just under 40 years. I started in dentistry at the age [...]
Participate
Posted by: dateacher on: October 11, 2008
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So I want to start this post with an on-topic discussion and move completely off topic because I got some things on my mind…
On the topic of being a dental assisting instructor – I was THRILLED with class on Thursday. Getting them to participate was hard – I’d tried just about everything and suddenly I [...]
I’ve got a new attitude
Posted by: dateacher on: October 7, 2008
I feel like all I’ve written about on my blog lately is a bunch of complaints, rants, or otherwise unpleasant comments. I didn’t want this to be a type of complaint department, so I want to take a cue from another blog I read often: Household 6 Hooah’s Weblog about army life and specifically the [...]
Making the Grade
Posted by: dateacher on: October 6, 2008
Grades – it seems to be what drives student success.
If grades drive student success then why are the grades in my courses dipping instead of climbing? I’ve started to re-evaluate my approach and am tweeking things for next semester. I’m tweeking for now as well but some of my new ideas will be difficult to [...]
Expectations
Posted by: dateacher on: October 1, 2008
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We all have them even if we don’t want to admit it. Expectations…
I expect my students to be in class, to be on time, and to be prepared. I also expect that they are going to pay attention to the lecture. Granted in my first few lectures I pretty much went “by the book,” but [...]
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