Tomas Morrissey’s blog

Tomas Morrissey - Thu Oct 22 20:42:17 2009

2009-10-23T01:42:22Z

The blog article, "High Expectations? Not so fast," from (http://garyrubinstein.teachfor.us/2009/08/30/high-expectations-not-so-fast/) argues that while its good for first year teachers to have high expectations, one must be realistic as well. S...

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Tomas Morrissey - Thu Oct 22 20:29:57 2009

2009-10-23T01:30:05Z

Is Mississippi a third world nation? The Blog post, "Is Part of the United States in the Third World," (http://mapscroll.blogspot.com/2009/05/human-development-index-by-state.html) attempts to rank US states in line with the world nations in rega...

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"The idea had been growing in my brain for some time: TRUE force.

2009-09-22T01:51:18Z

Classroom management, or how to keep the class focused and working, was an area I struggled with my first year, especially during my first semester. This year, my classroom management has been much improved Part of the change stems from the fac...

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"I should get one of those signs that says "One of these days I'm gonna get organezized"."

2009-09-22T01:50:27Z

"I should get one of those signs that says "One of these days I'm gonna get organezized"." - Travis Bickle Every two days I see in excess of 150 students and grade just as many papers. In nearly every class I hav...

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Starting again...

2009-09-01T02:27:55Z

My first couple weeks last year were stressful and challenging. I had a foggy idea of what I was supposed to be teaching (not that I don't know math, but that I was confused as to were in the material I should start my classes), and an even foggi...

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Skilz

2009-06-03T18:17:15Z

Well, when I saw the blog topic, "What three "teacher skills" do you want practice and improve upon this summer at the MTC Summer School? What is one thing you do well as a teacher," I was somewhat offended. It not only suggests that I have at l...

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Tomas Morrissey - Wed Jun 3 10:33:03 2009

2009-06-03T15:33:07Z

District Three Introduction: The basic idea of my school district is to create a district that is focused on either graduating students who will attend college, or preparing students for life without college. After the 9th grade, there will be ...

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Tomas Morrissey - Fri May 1 23:04:38 2009

2009-05-02T04:04:43Z

Swine flu has been dominating headlines for the last week or so, with images of men walking around with surgical masks. While this flu scare has not hit Mississippi yet, it will surely arrive soon. As far as my classroom is concerned, when swine...

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Tomas Morrissey - Sun Apr 26 14:41:35 2009

2009-04-26T19:41:39Z

While the NPR article "Supreme Court to Hear School Strip-Search Case, written by Nina Totenberg, has little to do with the curriculum and instruction of mathematics, it is still an interesting article nevertheless. The questions that comes to m...

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Tomas Morrissey - Mon Apr 13 14:18:49 2009

2009-04-13T19:18:54Z

"Summer School: Unfulfilled Promise," highlights the rise of summer schools in American secondary education along with the lack of standards for these programs. Addressing the former point, the increase in popularity of summer school, the article...

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