by SMThornton | Dec 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
Okay, I don’t have a recommended blog for you today because my internet connection is all wonky and my links aren’t working. Curses on the Internet gremlins!However, I have something almost as good- Student Metaphors & Analogies!*drum roll*1. His...
by SMThornton | Dec 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Every Australian I’ve ever met is tinged with a little crazy (they have to be to eat Vegemite) and so, without further ado, I bring you two new blogs from Down Under! First, I love Gary Corby’s blog simply because of the name: A Dead Man Fell From the Sky....
by SMThornton | Dec 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
All right, it’s time for your latest installment of Student Analogies & Metaphors! The last installment featured maggots in hot grease and poor, slow Phil. Today we have the romance version to make you snort out loud!1. Her face was a perfect oval, like a...
by SMThornton | Dec 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
Have you ever had to interview for a job and they ask you what your worst quality is? I was dumbfounded to be asked that at my first job interview. I’m here to sell myself and tell you just what a fabulous human being I am and make you believe that you’ll...
by SMThornton | Dec 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
This week may kill me. The week before finals is horrendous, the feeling a lobster has just before being dropped in the boiling pot of water. Seriously, what idiot assigns all these ridiculous projects and tests to my students? Right…So I’m quite thrilled...
