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Reader Appreciation: Jeremy Aldrich

November 21, 2007 by joel

November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is Jeremy Aldrich. Name: Jeremy Aldrich Location: Harrisonburg, Virginia Occupation: Middle school (6-8) electives – French, Foreign Language Exploratory, and Global Citizenship Blog: Global Citizenship in a Virtual World Tell me some of your favorite things about your job I love … Read more

Is Education Really That Important? (Part 1)

June 25, 2007 by joel

I met a high school dropout yesterday. We talked for something like an hour and a half or two hours. It was very revealing and confirms a lot of my thoughts about education. Beware as you read this. If you’re comfortable thinking that everyone needs to go to school, get a degree, and get a … Read more

Reading

May 29, 2007 by joel

I moved to my new office today and brought a few books. The other band director I’ll be working with said, “Wow, you sure have a lot of books.” I told him that I read quite a bit. He said that he doesn’t read, and we just kind of laughed about it. But then I … Read more