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Corporal Punishment

nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 18:38:00 -0700

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One Down

nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 18:17:00 -0700

Lost our first first-year this week. "Kewper" decided she had enough and quit.

This is the first time in three years, and of any class that I've recruited, that someone has quit during the year. Furthermore, she was teaching English II, which is a state-tested subject. There is no way the school district will find another English teacher, which means the kids will most likely have a permanent sub for the rest of the year.

It's all very frustrating.

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Waterboarding

nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:36:00 -0700

Waterboarding, courtesy of the Khymer Rouge.

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Flags

nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:30:00 -0700

Flags...

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Geneva

nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:11:00 -0700

Paul Reickhoff, a year behind me at Amherst, has an op-ed in today's NYT about the Geneva Conventions. Paul's book, about his time as an Infantry Officer in Baghdad, is Chasing Ghosts.

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Misc

nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:50:00 -0700

Great article and book about a current Ole Miss football player, Michael Oher, and the economics of high school, college, and pro football.

NAEP profile of Mississippi. NAEP is the national assessment of schools, much more stingent than the state assessment, MCT. As you can see Mississippi has gone backwards in reading.

The Delta Task Force is looking at ways to revitalize the Delta. In my opinion, unless industry comes back, the Delta will continue to die its slow death.

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