Monthly Archives: April 2016

How Long is 30 Minutes?

  A student from one of the classes I substituted for recently asked me “how long is half an hour?” Having patience, I quickly answered that it was 30 minutes.  I walked away from the encounter thinking I had answered … Continue reading

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Glass Bottle Indulgence

I shouldn’t brag about drinking pop or soda (a myriad of names for carbonated sugar water), but there is something to be said for a  drink like rootbeer. My students hate it.  They liken it to medicine or vicks vap-o-rub.  … Continue reading

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