For those of you who don’t understand archaeology, I have made a diagram.
*snorts, sprays juice everywhere*
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truestoriesfromastudentteacher:
What are some good questions to ask during an interview?
I never have any other than, “Can I have this job plz?”
(I don’t really ask that)
I always asked…
1. What is your mentor ship program for new teachers?
2. What technology is present in the normal…
What is your average class size?
What about [school name] makes you proud?
What opportunities for collaboration and/or cross-curricula planning are available?
What types of professional development opportunities are available at the school and in the district?
Why is this position open?
what types of after school activities are available for students?
How does [school name] work to involve the community in the school culture?
I think it is easy to forget in this time of high unemployment, that interviewing teachers are interviewing the school too. Most teachers try to stay at the same school for several years. It is important to work in an environment wherein you think you will also be happy (is a good match for you). Early in my career, I accepted the first job I was offered because I felt I just needed to have a job. But I believe I’m a talented teacher and could’ve been more discerning. I’m thrilled to be in the right place now. I am also happy to say that I walked away from other job offers to have it.
Strange Interview Question: What kind of animal would you be and why?
I said a squirrel, because I have a lot of energy and I am a borderline hoarder when it comes to classroom supplies.
I went on an interview once where (after showing the very uninterested principal my professionally printed portfolio, examples of student work, lesson plans, and examples of my own artwork) she put me alone in a room with a sheet of copy paper and pencil and told me to draw “whatever you like.” Forget my eight years of collegiate experience in fine arts, and my 2 degrees in fine arts! I was going to be hired on the basis of what I drew on a sheet of copy paper. So, wrote on the sheet of paper “this is bullshit,” and walked out.
Alicia Scardetta.
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Our community is a work of art! These are all the plates from my 4/5th grade city prints.
I… Wow.
The nine circles of hell from Dante’s Inferno recreated in Lego by Mihai Mihu
I. LIMBO: A place of monotony, here the souls are punished to wander in restless existence while they moan helplessly in echoes between the ruins of a temple.
II. LUST: Surrounded by erotic representations, those overcome by lust are forced to watch and experience disgusting things, ultimately being condemned to drown in the menstrual river.
III. GLUTTONY: The circle itself is a living abomination, a hellish digestive system revealing horrific faces with mouths ready to devour the gluttons over and over for eternity.
IV. GREED: This pompous place is reserved for the punishment of the greedy ones.
V. ANGER: In this depressing place the souls are trapped in the swamp, they can’t move and they cannot manifest their frustration which is making them even more angry.
VI. HERESY: The giant demon watches closely over his fire pit, dwarfing the damned that are dragging the new arrivals in the boiling lava. Those who committed the greatest sins against God are getting a special treatment inside the temple where they are doomed to burn for eternity in the scorching flames.
VII. VIOLENCE: A place of intense torture where the horrific screams of the damned are eternally accompanied by the hellish beats of drums.
VIII. FRAUD: In Fraud the Demons enjoy altering the shape of souls, this is how they feed.
IX. TREACHERY: Lucifer lies here chained by the Angelic Seal which keeps him captive in the frozen environment.
Not that this isn’t extremely awesome, but I thought Lust in the book was represented by a never-ending tornado that people are spun around in, keeping them forever excited and aroused but unable to satisfy it?
“Menstrual river” is a nice visual, though.
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Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences. (Roy Ascott’s phrase.) That solves a lot of problems: we don’t have to argue whether photographs are art, or whether performances are art, or whether Carl Andre’s bricks or Andrew Serranos’s piss or Little Richard’s ‘Long Tall Sally’ are art, because we say, ‘Art is something that happens, a process, not a quality, and all sorts of things can make it happen.’ … [W]hat makes a work of art ‘good’ for you is not something that is already ‘inside’ it, but something that happens inside you — so the value of the work lies in the degree to which it can help you have the kind of experience that you call art.
Brian Eno (via jessiethatcher)
I could reblog/post this every day as a constant reminder.
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There should be an educator discount on alcohol in May.
And chocolate.
Seriously.
One of my little boys just kept saying, ‘I love you, I love you, please don’t die with me.’ I never thought I was going to die. The whole time I just kept screaming to them, ‘Quit worrying, we’re fine, we’re fine.’ And I’m very loud, so I just hoped they could hear me because I could hear them screaming. [One girl] was sobbing, and I was like, ‘We’re going to be fine, we’re going to be fine, I’m protecting you.’ And then I said a few prayers. ‘God please take care of my kids.’
RHONDA CROSSWHITE, sixth grade teacher at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma, which was leveled by a tornado. She threw herself over students inside a bathroom stall as the storm passed, likely helping to save their lives.
Teachers. Among the best of us.
Amen
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