Ben Guest’s Blog

The Last Shot

2007-10-26T14:45:00Z

In the spring of 1993, my senior year of high school, I interned for Senator Kennedy, taking the train everyday from Baltimore to DC and back again. One evening, I picked up Harper's Magazine from the Union Station magazine stand (Hudson News), i...

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Classic Football Interview...

2007-10-25T20:58:20Z

As Bill Simmons says, "Keyshawn and Chad re-enact the Lincoln-Douglas Debates."

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More Management...

2007-10-25T01:26:44Z

Here is a great quote from one of the first-years on Classroom Management: "The students know how class is going to run, how to behave, and frequently self-regulate. They can expect the same consequences every time I catch them, or suspect them: ...

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Rules, Consequences, and Classroom Management...

2007-10-24T02:35:52Z

The first-years will be up on Saturday so I plan to talk about consequences a little bit at that point, but I think it is a subject worthy of a blog post. I have visited several of the first-years in their classroom; I have talked with many of t...

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Pizza

2007-10-23T16:32:30Z

I've been eating these pizzas every day for lunch. They are fantastic...

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Long Walk Home

2007-10-22T20:13:02Z

Bruce's latest video: Here are the lyrics: Last night I stood at your doorstep Trying to figure out what went wrong You just slipped somethin' into my palm Then you were gone I could smell the same deep green of summer Above me the same n...

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Plumpynut...

2007-10-22T02:21:05Z

Wow. Watched this story on 60 Minutes tonight about Niger and a life saving food given out by Doctors Without Borders: Plumpynut. Inspiring and heart-breaking at the same time. It takes me back to my time in Namibia...

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I'm On Fire...

2007-10-20T02:37:17Z

Here's my favorite Bruce video, directed by John Sayles...

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Turn Your Lights Down Low

2007-10-19T20:52:34Z

Here is my favorite Lauryn video. You know that feeling you have waiting for that first date? That anticipation?

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My Favorite Albums...

2007-10-19T02:38:32Z

This list is in order, from number four to number one... Let's start with Prince. Is this cheating? Probably. Every song a "greatest hit." My favorite? "Raspberry Beret." Prince says, "She walked in through the out door." Bruce was hard ...

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