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Ahead of steam
Joanne Jacobs —
How to Lose Your Self of Steam & Other Teaching Lessons I Never Learned From Professional Development is Bellringers blogger Carol Richtsmeier’s light-hearted look at her years as a journalism teacher. Her response to students who don’t turn in an assigned story, but claim they “tried”resonates with me as a former high school newspaper editor and mother of a former high school newspaper editor.“Maybe you hadn’t noticed, but this isn’t the YMCA. We are not in the business of building your self of steam or making sure everyone feels good about themselves. We are a publication. Our goal is to put out the best publication we can. We can’t do that if we only try. We have to do. We have to publish. When you don’t ...
Woo-hoo! We’ve Got A Review!
Bellringers —
Woo-hoo! What a great way to start my Thanksgiving break! Renowned blogger and educational guru Joanne Jacobs reviewed my book, How to Lose Your Self of Steam & Other Teaching Lessons I Never Learned From Professional Development. You can read her comments here. And then, of course, you’ll want to pop on over to Amazon and pick up a copy of my book and toss in a copy of her book, and then voila, you’ve got your free shipping. Wow! It doesn’t get any better than that. ...
A few simple gift ideas
Learn Me Good —
My girlfriend, er, I mean FIANCE and I are travelling to her folks' house for Thanksgiving this year. Her parents do have internet, but it runs at roughly the same speed as Rosie O'Donnell. So I won't be blogging for a while. In the meantime, though, I wanted to put forth a couple of suggestions for anyone looking for some fun gifts for loved ones or co-workers this year. Readers on your list? Why not start by giving the gift of humor in book form? Check out my own Learn Me Good, the more recent It's Not All Flowers and Sausages by Mrs. Mimi, or the hot-off-the-presses How to Lose Your Self of Steam by Carol at Bellringers! (I just got my copy of Self of Steam in the mail and ...
