November 2009
1 post
Cold Reading In An Elementary Classroom
On Friday one of my students asked about “those people on TV that can talk to your dead relatives.” I explained that it isn’t true, that it is really just a guessing game, that the people on TV are liars, then spent the next 20 minutes giving a demonstration. I “contacted” several deceased grandparents and even some dead pets. Later, at recess, I saw one of my students giving her own demonstration...
October 2009
2 posts
Interesting Vaccine Article
As an elementary school teacher, issues like public health and vaccinations have a strong personal connection to me. I spend five days a week in a building with about 1,300 children giving any disease a chance to spread like wildfire. As a scientific thinker I come down squarely on the side of “pro vaccine” and find the current crop of anti vaccine advocates a dangerous group. I...
My First Post
Here I am with a home on the web. I only hope that somewhere out there “dramatic gopher” and “numa numa guy” are watching with approval.
The purpose of this blog is to share my thoughts. I have no illusions that this humble little location in cyberspace will become anything spectacular, that I will one day be offered a book deal, or that I will ever be invited to be a...