Comments for Mr. D's Neighborhood http://mrdsneighborhood.com History rules, as long as you can teach it right. Thu, 24 May 2012 00:59:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on A Master’s Degree Can’t be This Easy! A Proposal to Improve Teacher Prestige by Jake http://mrdsneighborhood.com/2009/08/17/a-masters-degree-cant-be-this-easy-a-proposal-to-improve-teacher-prestige/#comment-30566 Thu, 24 May 2012 00:59:44 +0000 http://mrdsneighborhood.com/?p=482#comment-30566 I find it amusing that everyone seems to feel they have to work down to the standards of what they deem sub-par education. I’m not saying the premise is incorrect, just kind of funny to listen to people complain about how easy things are and how little they are pushing themselves

]]> Comment on Petition to keep the Global History and Geography Regents as a Graduation Requirement by Remainders: Assessing advocacy groups’ influence and impact | GothamSchools http://mrdsneighborhood.com/2012/05/14/petition-to-keep-the-global-history-and-geography-regents-as-a-graduation-requirement/#comment-30186 Mon, 14 May 2012 23:39:40 +0000 http://mrdsneighborhood.com/?p=2676#comment-30186 [...] Educators are signing a petition to keep the state Global Studies Regents exam. (Mr. D’s Neighborhood) [...]

]]> Comment on Margaret Corbin: The First “Molly Pitcher” by Mary Lou Langedyke http://mrdsneighborhood.com/2011/03/08/margaret-corbin-the-first-molly-pitcher/#comment-29875 Sun, 06 May 2012 19:56:18 +0000 http://mrdsneighborhood.com/?p=1685#comment-29875 Captain Molly was not buried in Highland, New York. I grew up in this town and know that she was not buried in any cemetery in our town. Other stories of Captain Molly indicate that she lived her last years in Highland Falls, New York which is close to West Point.

]]> Comment on Ready for Inspection! The Problem with “Quality Reviews” by Audrey S. Cooper http://mrdsneighborhood.com/2012/04/03/ready-for-inspection-the-problem-with-quality-reviews/#comment-29870 Sun, 06 May 2012 16:09:34 +0000 http://mrdsneighborhood.com/?p=2594#comment-29870 Wow! This article states it all about SQR’s! My school just had a SQR and everyone performed just like you stated in this article. Teachers work hard every day. Teachers are under so much STRESS that if these SQR’s continue in this matter this old age profession will not be known as a profession that helped students. But it will be known as a profession that no one wants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Teaching was once an occupation that several people admired because a teacher made a change in a child’s life. Now, its nothing but paper work and less effective teaching in the classroom. When will someone step up and say, “enough is enough!”

]]> Comment on A Master’s Degree Can’t be This Easy! A Proposal to Improve Teacher Prestige by EducationMA http://mrdsneighborhood.com/2009/08/17/a-masters-degree-cant-be-this-easy-a-proposal-to-improve-teacher-prestige/#comment-29498 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 07:48:19 +0000 http://mrdsneighborhood.com/?p=482#comment-29498 I couldn’t agree more with this post. In fact, this phenomenon scares me on a daily basis. You see I have an B.S. undergrad in Biology and Chemistry. We had to work, think, and produce. Now that I’ve moved on in life and consequently into a graduate program in education…I’m appalled at what other majors are allowed to get away. I keep rewriting the same papers and turning them in with just minor changes! Why not? It’s the same boneheaded material in every class. :(

]]> Comment on A Lesson on WWII Primary Sources; or, how eBay Finds some Educational Value by Deanne http://mrdsneighborhood.com/2012/04/23/a-lesson-on-wwii-primary-sources-or-how-ebay-finds-some-educational-value/#comment-29425 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:56:33 +0000 http://mrdsneighborhood.com/?p=2653#comment-29425 Great stuff…I love using maps and will use this one in my US and Urban Exploration class. Thanks.

]]> Comment on Rotisserie Teaching: Tests, Stats and Teacher Tenure by Pamela McNew http://mrdsneighborhood.com/2009/04/21/rotisserie-teaching-tests-stats-and-teacher-tenure/#comment-29169 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:59:17 +0000 http://mrdsneighborhood.com/?p=143#comment-29169 I love the baseball analogies! :)

]]> Comment on How to Evaluate Online Sources, thanks to NCSS by myfriendmissmiller http://mrdsneighborhood.com/2012/04/12/how-to-evaluate-online-sources-thanks-to-ncss/#comment-29014 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 03:59:48 +0000 http://mrdsneighborhood.com/?p=2641#comment-29014 My students are NOT allowed to use Wikipedia, unless they are using it as a support source and they have to provide other sources to back up the facts. My ESL students have a really difficult time with internet research (or any research in general) because they want to just copy everything from the website. We did a research project using only pictures and visuals which went really well, and make frequent library trips…. books are STILL important!!

Thanks for this info, I think I am going to try it with my students in a few weeks! :)

]]> Comment on This Day in History 5/31: Treaty of Vereeniging ends the Boer War by Attorneys in Vereenging http://mrdsneighborhood.com/2011/05/31/this-day-in-history-531-treaty-of-vereeniging-ends-the-boer-war/#comment-28350 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:06:57 +0000 http://mrdsneighborhood.com/?p=2101#comment-28350 We all seem to forget about people in history. For them it was very real and a big issue. So why do WE worry so much about everything – in a few years we will be history as wel lol

]]> Comment on Drunk History: Joan of Arc by Alain VAUGE http://mrdsneighborhood.com/2011/09/27/drunk-history-joan-of-arc/#comment-27498 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:03:11 +0000 http://mrdsneighborhood.com/?p=2420#comment-27498 This is absolutly true … on one point : Joan had wine, red wine, When exhausted or ill, she used to dunk pieces of bread in red wine and water.

For more details about Joan’s (real) life, may I suggest to french reading fans of the Maid, to read my last book : “J’ai nom Jeanne la Pucelle, Journal d’une courte vie” (Editions Benevent, France).

Alain VAUGE

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