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		<title>Micromanaging</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It never ceases to amaze me how some people micromanage everything, and at work they do so to the &#8216;nth&#8217; degree.  Those people who overtly micromanage wonder me even more &#8211; are they missing something in their lives that they have to control every little thing everyone else does.  If your employees are doing as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dateacher.wordpress.com&blog=4492758&post=521&subd=dateacher&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>R-E-S-P-E-C-T</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel like I may have written a blog post about this, but it bears repeating especially since it&#8217;s a big issue for me this calendar year (will explain).  Also, it&#8217;s been a while since I blogged and I&#8217;ve missed sharing my thoughts on teaching and learning.
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		<title>Plugging away</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So sometimes this blog takes a turn from the obvious &#8211; my teaching and the students learning, but it manages to stay on course (no pun intended) even when I venture off topic.
Today I sit at home sick.  Sick&#8230;.sick&#8230;.sick&#8230;..
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		<title>Different Strokes</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve heard the saying &#8216;different strokes for different folks.&#8217;  This seems to be my way of thinking about the &#8216;folks.&#8217;   In this case, the &#8216;folks&#8217; are students &#8211; they are, of course, all different, but I&#8217;m having a hard time so far this semester getting into the groove of my returning students.  These ladies have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dateacher.wordpress.com&blog=4492758&post=513&subd=dateacher&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Survivor</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Week 1 is in the books for the 2009-2010 academic year, and I survived!  This year is going to be very interesting.  I am starting my 3rd semester.  I don&#8217;t have my safety net this year &#8211; who the group I call &#8220;my girls.&#8221;   The first group of students who entered during my first semester [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dateacher.wordpress.com&blog=4492758&post=511&subd=dateacher&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Busy Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So for about the last month my life has been crazy, and it&#8217;s only going to get crazier.  Monday is the first day of classes for my teaching job (my &#8220;real&#8221; job).  It&#8217;s been nice to have about 4 months off, but truly, it&#8217;s time to go back to work.  I&#8217;ve seen enough TV &#38; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dateacher.wordpress.com&blog=4492758&post=509&subd=dateacher&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Certified</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So on Monday of this week, I finally took my Certified Dental Assistants exam.  Preliminary reports are I passed.  Final reports are not due for 4 to 6 weeks.  My final report is:  I never want to take that test again.  I will go to the ends of the Earth to get the 12 hours [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dateacher.wordpress.com&blog=4492758&post=507&subd=dateacher&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lifehacker</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great day I love the blog Lifehacker right now so much I want to scream it from the tallest building I can find.  But, since I&#8217;m stuck inside at work for another 38 minutes, I&#8217;ll announce this on my blog instead!
Lifehacker rocks!  A lot of the time the tips on there are things I don&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dateacher.wordpress.com&blog=4492758&post=501&subd=dateacher&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mister Rogers was right, but I&#8217;m not going to ask you to be my neighbor, though there are a couple houses for sale in my neighborhood, and I have a feeling by seeing the clean up going on there will be a couple more soon.  So if you&#8217;re looking for a new house&#8230;
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		<title>Adding space and letting go.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We didn&#8217;t really add space to our house, but we did reorganize an entire room &#8211; which turned the whole house into a disaster area, please explain this someone!  By reorganizing this room it feels like we&#8217;ve added space because consolidating things and realizing there was a ton of trash in that one room we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dateacher.wordpress.com&blog=4492758&post=495&subd=dateacher&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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