I don’t blame Steffon for his distrust issues; after all, he’s bounced around from foster parent to foster parent. I don’t blame Sara for her constant angst and depression; after… Read more When Should Students Become Responsible For Their Own Success? →
If you finish your homework, I’ll give you a candy bar. But if you don’t finish your homework, you’ll get timeout. If you be quiet, you’ll get five extra minutes… Read more Don’t Overuse ‘Good Job!” →
Retiring after 38 years in education, my coworker and friend recently described his school days attending Catholic Grade School in Southwest Louisville, an area then–and still–a working class and comparatively impoverished part… Read more The Great Discipline Conundrum →
What kind of crazy society would allow—and nourish—such a ridiculous manufactured landscape? Do we desire vacations to escape or embrace consumer culture? Or both? “Our ability to shut the destroyed… Read more Nature and Manufactured Landscapes: A Quintessentially American Vacation? →
You want to live a life that matters. You believe that there is more to life than stuff, spending money and being in debt. You want to live consciously. This means you… Read more We Are Owned By What We Possess →
Imagine a 30 by 30 room, with students sitting silently in rows, ostensibly listening to lectures, text messages covertly being sent inside hoodie pockets, and whispers here and there. Eventually,… Read more Classrooms Without Borders →
During middle school, I signed up for BMG music service over and over again, relishing the accumulation of cheapish CDs–12 for the price of one, plus enormous shipping costs–and my… Read more I’ve Got Too Much Money Locked Up In My Computer →
I teach English and I write professionally, but I don’t remember how I learned grammar. I’ve always been a reader, and my father is an excellent editor who helped me… Read more Reflections: Is Grammar Worth Teaching? →
“Time is not money. It’s the way human beings move through this thing called life. If we can bring ourselves to consider the ways digital technology can make time rather… Read more Diminishing Everything But Now: Time and Technology →
Paul Barnwell 