Archive for January, 2008
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
First Grade Mutiny
“I hate this class!” Jessica* said frowning while looking down at her assignment. Those were the words that sparked the first grade mutiny. Like any good leader I had to deal with this quickly and decisively. I was a student teacher and this was my first grade ESL (English as a […]
7 Comments » - Posted in Edudrama by themanoffewwords
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Fifth Grader in Deep Thought
This was really funny and in many ways incomprehensible to me so I am sharing.
I was sitting with a group of student who had to retake a math test. One of the students had been in deep contemplation for a long time; his head raised his eyes turned up in deep thought with his […]
6 Comments » - Posted in Humor by themanoffewwords
Sunday, January 27th, 2008
Memorizing the Quran by Age Six
A few weeks ago I was sitting with an amazing brother who had recently come back from studying Islam in Egypt. He was a Latino convert and was telling me about his amazing experience visiting some villages in the Egyptian hinterlands. He mentioned to me in passing that he met a six year […]
5 Comments » - Posted in Islamic Education by themanoffewwords
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Educational Rigor or Rigor Mortis
I was once listening to the radio when I heard the moderator say, “I don’t know if you remember in school when you studied the various rhetorical devices …” and then he went on to list a few. I could not help but scowl. This otherwise well-informed gentleman was totally out of touch with […]
4 Comments » - Posted in Reflections by themanoffewwords
Monday, January 21st, 2008
Welcome
Welcome to my humble blog. I hope to share with you my unique insights on education, society and history. I have had a great passion for these subjects, but for a long time I’ve had no outlet to share them with the world until now. I also hope to ferociously challenge all […]
