Thoughts: The Ebb and Flow
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June 2013

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My Day, Made
  • Student: "Mr. Dykhouse, could the principal fire you? In Jamaica, the principal can't fire teachers."
  • Me: "Yeah Ryan, he could fire me. Especially since I'm a first year teacher."
  • Student: "Oh he would never fire you! Students rave about you"
Jun 3, 2013

May 2013

4 posts

May 27, 2013
#oneyear #loveher
  • Q: So it’s fine to say, everybody should learn a little bit about how to program and this way of thinking because it’s valuable and important. But then maybe that’s just not realistic. Donald Knuth told me that he thinks two percent of the population have brains wired the right way to think about programming.
  • Hal Abelson: That same logic would lead you to say that one percent of the US's population is wired to understand Mandarin. The reasoning there is equivalent.
May 21, 201314 notes
May 16, 2013
#gotsteak #mansalad
May 1, 2013
#saidfrommyiphone #notmarxist #irony

April 2013

3 posts

Apr 16, 2013
Apr 13, 20137 notes
#doctorwho #tardis
Apr 4, 2013

March 2013

2 posts

Mar 25, 201331,488 notes
You know you are a nerd when...
  • My Dad: Hey, you want to read this Supreme Court brief?
  • Me: You need it summarized or anything?
  • My Dad: No, just for fun!
  • Me: OF COURSE.
Mar 24, 20134 notes
#law #nerdy #Supreme Court

February 2013

3 posts

Feb 23, 201313 notes
Feb 23, 2013
Stories and Quotes from the Front (or just this week)

U.S. History Student #1, in a loud voice: “Mr., can we go over the Do Now?!?!”
Student #2: “HEY! Don’t yell at Mr, Dykhouse!”

I always love it when students show the love like that, even when they are yelling at a friend. What makes this even more…

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Feb 12, 2013

November 2012

2 posts

Is Competition Evil?: Merit Pay and Teachers Unions

I follow Diane Ravitch’s blog here on WordPress and I have a deep respect for her passion for public education and defense of the education rights of the disenfranchised. She is very quick to point out education reform fads that are broken. However, while…

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Nov 4, 2012
Why I'm Voting Obama #1: Tax Policy

*OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS: I will review my reasons for supporting Obama this election in three key areas: tax reform, immigration, and foreign policy.

Today, the British news magazine The Economist released its endorsement of President Obama for the…

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Nov 1, 2012

September 2012

2 posts

Sep 11, 20122,910 notes
Quick Update: What I'm Teaching

In the upcoming school year, I was very pleased to find out I will be teaching with the Social Studies Department. Because of my background, this is really the perfect fit! Specifically, I will be teaching Global History 1 & 2 and U.S. History as a…

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Sep 2, 2012

August 2012

2 posts

Why Do We Educate?

I recently participated in a webinar regarding the Common Core standards for education. At the beginning of the webinar, the stated purpose of the Common Core standards is to make students “college and career ready.” This got me thinking: what is the real…

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Summer Teaching: What I Learned

Now that my field experience and summer training is over, I thought it the perfect opportunity to do a Letterman style Top 5 of what I learned this summer! Especially because I finally have time…

10. I Must Take Time for Myself! :  Giving myself to these…

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Aug 7, 2012

July 2012

6 posts

Today, today, oh boy...

So, today is my first full day of teaching. Suffice it to say, I barely slept last night. I am teaching a lesson on citing evidence when reading informational text, as well as giving a short history lesson on Frederick Douglass. It should be a fun lesson!

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Jul 16, 2012
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