Today’s Document from the National Archives- Constitution of the United States September 16, 2019Drafted in secret by delegates to the Constitutional Convention during the summer of 1787, this four-page document, signed on September 17, 1787, established the government of the United States. Read more at the Charters of Freedom... Constitution Day Events at the National Archives...
- Constitution of the United States September 16, 2019
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David Letterman – Top Ten Reasons I’ve Decided to Become a Teacher
I’m knee deep in LearnZillion work as I came back from my long break.
The Gilder Lehrman conference at USC was great–wonderful professors, cool colleagues, and a special shout out to the folks at Tiki Ti’s for making things just a little bit better on Wednesday night.
My stopover in Colorado was even better. So much fun to be with my western kin. It was a blast, and the mile-high altitude didn’t faze me one bit.
I saw this video of David Letterman’s Top Ten List on my Facebook feed and wanted to share it for two reasons:
A. the satirical reasons Letterman comes up with may be fresh and new to his juvenile audience, but we teachers have heard enough of it.
B. Isn’t it a tad insulting when TFAers, especially those who HAVEN’T EVEN STARTED THEIR TERM YET, are brought out for this little stunt? If Letterman really wanted to thank teachers he would’ve included some veterans who know there way around the classroom.
Personally, I want to see those ten kids in two years…all glassy eyed, strung out and ready for their Morgan Stanley/McKinsey/CitiGroup/PWC/etc. job they really wanted in the first place.
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