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Have you ever noticed the “we need rules and procedures” crowd cannot stand when they are not the people who make the rules?

Good question. Shall we think-pair-share it?

Yeah, it’s not “unfair” that I don’t take your wacky idea seriously, it’s called “practicing good judgement;” especially when you are dragging out ideas that have been throughly debunked years, decades, or centuries ago.

I’m taking a person day on Friday to go to one of my favorite used book stores that’s going out of business. Do I take the truck or will the car suffice?

“Looks like rain” has become the standard line for small talk in my area. I have learned the response “well, we could use it” is unwelcome.

In science, extraordinary claims by individuals are checked and rejected. In politics, they become talking points indefinitely.

“I spent all summer making the terrific infographics for my courses. What do you mean alt text?”

Empirical evidence. This is what differentiates science from other types of knowledge.

The longer I work in education, the less confidence I have in the testing we use as a meaningful instrument for… well anything other than filling time and causing stress.

tip of the day: Bold the text in you file before putting the mimeograph blank through your dot matrix printer to be sure all the characters show up.

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