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Tag Archives: teaching
Interview with Jason Dias
Jason Dias writes from a secure location in his living room in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Writing keeps him sane, or at least out of trouble with the law. As far as you know. His work is primarily in the speculative-fiction … Continue reading
The Financial Lesson from Teaching Highland Dance
♥ When I was seven, my mother signed me up for Scottish Highland dance lessons. When I was twelve, my mother passed her teaching exam, found a few students, and I began helping her teach. When I was sixteen, I passed … Continue reading
Posted in ROW80, Writing
Tagged dance, expensive hobby, Highland Dance, NaNoWriMo, polyamory, pseudonym, Scottish Highland Dancing, teach dance, teaching
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The Abandoned Blog
Abandoned no more. Sorely neglected, but conscientiously so. Every Spring I teach Spreadsheets and Databases to college freshmen. A few days ago I gave my students their final exam and turned in final grades. I have also been sick for … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary & Musing, Writing
Tagged #ROW80, commitments, Kingdom Come, teaching
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The Same Mistakes
Skip down to ROW80 with me! I’m a teacher. Other than being a mom, that’s my day-job. Over the past thirty years, I’ve taught a number of subjects. My first experience at teaching came at age twelve when I started … Continue reading
Where’s the Reset Button?
Have you ever put a significant amount of work into a project just to discover that, somewhere along the line, you took a wrong turn and need to reset everything back to the way it was? I had at least … Continue reading
Posted in ROW80, Writing
Tagged #ROW80, Access, Conference, database, goals, hiatus, Inspirational Romance, interview, MS Access, Pangalactic Sojourners, quiltbag, reset, SciFi Question of the Day, submit, teaching, writing
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Teaching Again
I’ve been doing OK with the writing, although the exercise has already fallen by the wayside. I’m not filling my quota of words, but I knew that this week would be difficult. Tuesday I went back to teaching (College Freshmen… … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary & Musing
Tagged #ROW80, MS Access, MS Excel, Returning to work after having a baby, teaching
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What Now?
It’s December 3, and NaNoWriMo is behind me. The level of writing I do during November is accelerated… other things get sacrificed so that I can put more energy into writing. But just because NaNoWriMo is over doesn’t mean I stop writing. I … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary & Musing
Tagged Dreamspinner, Felt Tips, Give me your answer do, NaNoWriMo, teaching, Tiffany Reisz
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That Thing You Do
There’s a thing many teachers do, myself included. They ask a misleading question or lead into an activity counting on the class to give a specific answer, one that is not the “right” answer. Used at its best, this tactic … Continue reading →