The Sureshot

I'm afraid I am making the switch to wordpress. I have been playing around with a blog on that host and I like it much more. I do not kn...

It has been a while since I paid any attention to my blog, my writing or much else beyond family, work and church, but it is summer and I ha...

I finished a chapter about whether the hiring process in the teaching profession is flawed. There certainly seems to be some problems there....

This was a sonnet I wrote for my wife on Valentine 's Day. For whatever reason, I have been writing them again. I like sonnets. Most of ...

I am hoping to resurrect the Sureshot this year. I have been brainstorming a plan to make it happen and will hopefully be able to stick wi...

I recently watched "Hot Tub Time Machine," which was plenty funny even while using a silly concept. It was cute, had some good dry...

Another excerpt from my current project on reforming education. I have finished the second chapter now and am about 7500 words into the book...

Another excerpt from my current project on education:       I was in my first year of full time teaching trying to teach a group of 15 and 1...

Here is an excerpt from one of my current projects, on education:   I had some interesting interactions in my program that caused me to paus...

I think I may need to write a book about teaching. It appears that there is a great interest in it right now as conversations about educatio...

I am not sure how some people do it. With the addition of our fourth child in just over six years, I seem to have no time for much of anythi...