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My name is Konrad Glogowski, and I am an education and non-profit leader and researcher. You can find out more about me on my blog of proximal development.

claudinator 3 months ago I smoke weed more than once daily and have for years I have an extremely active and successful job plus anything I have wanted I have achieved I used marijuana as a medicine for my insomnia because I rather not take sleeping pills and I also use marijuana to help me with my anger because I would rather not take pill so all I can say is everyone has there own opinion good or bad and nobody should rub it in other people's faces Flag 2 people liked this. Like Reply Reply Anonymous 1 week ago in reply to claudinator You forgot to mention how it also helps you forget punctuation and spelling.  Flag 2 people liked this. Like Reply

REASON WEED SUCKS #1: IT’S A WASTE OF MONEY (NOT APPLICABLE TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA)

REASON WEED SUCKS #2: IT MAKES YOU DUMB

I may be biased, but it seems to me that older teachers have vastly better stories and, usually, teaching strategies, than younger ones. Technologies will come and go, but a good teacher will make an impression forever. In short, don’t let your age be a reason not to pursue a career, or hire someone, as an ESL instructor. Schools are hungry for good dedicated teachers, and in my mind, an older candidate who has a true calling and depth of experience would be an asset to any school!

generational differences are really cultural differences in societies that undergo rapid change

humor is so dependent on culture, on a shared context, and why jokes that have to be explained are probably not going to be funny.

Culturally and context specific

1. Family and     relationships 1.       There was only Granda and me. Were the two of us enough to make a family?2.        We still had each other (chap. 12)3.       He can behave anyway he wants. He’s the best granda in the world. (chap. 12)4.       ‘I’m only here till my granda gets out of hospital.’- ‘No grandson of        mine is going to Castle Street. Not when I’m alive.’

2. Growing up /       Adolescence 1.     My granda never forgot to take his pills; because I made sure he took them.2.    ”OK, Big Man, I need some help here. I can’t do this on my own.”

3. Social and civic     responsibilities  1.   People are kind Rory. I thought the whole world was going to the dogs, and then         you meet kindness like this. It’s a wonderful world, Rory.’ 2.   A wonderful world – Passing us like the baton in a relay race. People who didn’t        even know us, but who were willing to help anyway.

The following are the novels studied in the literature component in English Language The Curse by Lee Su Ann Step by Wicked Step by Ann Fine. Catch Us If You Can by Catherine McPhail Based on one novel above, write about the following.   Provide evidence from the text to support your answer. Your response should be: Not less than 50 words In continuous writing (not in note form)   Practice 1 Based on one novel above, discuss one of the themes in the story. Provide evidence from the text to support your answer

Practice 1 Based on one novel above, discuss one of the themes in the story. Provide evidence from the text to support your answer

Practice 2 Write about a character that you find most interesting. Support your answer with evidence from the novel.

1. Read Aloud

2. Visit the Library -- Weekly

3. Develop a Classroom Library

“We’ve all been to elementary school, so aren’t we all kind of experts on it?”

“When I retire, I still want to do something, so I think I might take up teaching.”

“Have you ever thought about making your class more fun?”

I’m not trying to ‘train’ him to have good manners, but if I want something from him, I always say ‘please’, and when he gives me something, I always say ‘thank you’. When he is older, he will automatically do those things too.”

trying to ‘train’ children to be polite can be counter-productive, especially if we begin when they are too young to do it naturally

They’ve been popping up on campus all semester: intricately worked chalkboard messages with one signature, #dangerdust. Dangerdust has captured the attention of students and taken social media by storm. I recently sat down with the artistic duo and, while I can’t name names, I did get a sense of who these artists are and what drives them.

the duo is serious about keeping their late-night chalking escapades on the down low even as they were kind enough to talk to me about why they do what they do. “It’s definitely a passion,” they agreed.

concerns about racist language heard in the playground and went up to the school to complain my daughter had been hit. This was down to the 'rough kids' in the school, other parents told me. I was upset and wondered if there was an alternative. But what difference would private school bring? Mixing solely with middle class peers whose parents all felt they could buy advantage? No thanks.

I can whole-heartedly tell you that this would not have been the case had I not been given the opportunity to attend the school I went to. For many a parent who struggles to send their children to fee-paying schools, there is no realistic alternative as the vast majority do live in postcode lottery areas. You are lucky in the sense that you do not, but do not disrespect the hard working, working class parents who make every sacrifice they can to ensure their offspring have a better start in life to try and give them the opportunity to eventually have an overall better quality of life.

“It could have turned ugly. The boys could have gone to the playground and said, ‘Who’s doing this to you? Where are they?’” Keefe told The Mighty. “But instead they responded in this very adult-like, peaceful way. It was all about love and support.” Nearly six months later, Danny confidently walks around the school hallways. No one picks on him anymore, his mom says. “It’s kind of the opposite now,” Keefe told The Mighty. “Kids go up to him and say, ‘Hey, you’re the kid from TV!’”

“Danny started crying when he saw everyone in suits that day,” Keefe recalls. “He was only 6 but it was like he understood the magnitude of what happened. I’m just so thankful the parents in my community raised such kind young men.”

the doctor showed Tate a lot of faces that illustrated different emotions. Tate failed to identify almost all of them correctly. The doctor asked him what a smile and a frown had in common and he said, “Both faces are round.” There were many, many more gaffes and blunders over the two days of testing. Some made us laugh and many showed me just how much language Tate does not understand.

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.

Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth. The intellectual kings of the earth have seldom been college-bred.

Anyone who idolizes you is going to hate you when he discovers that you are fallible. He never forgives. He has deceived himself, and he blames you for it.