In the middle ages and the renaissance people were very invested in the importance of astrological patterns. Many prominent figures in renaissance Italy even employed astrologers as personal advisers. For instance, the adjective "Jovial" or "Jovian" originates from around the sam...

If PEMDAS is a lie then why is it correct? Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication/Division, Addition/Subtraction. That's the order I use in college, and the order my instructor reminds everyone to use. And I also use it every time I'm doing math. In much the same way I remember how to spell words l...

Oh boy! Education complaints. I love these. @Context Clues : Context clues are useless when people lack strong vocabularies. If there are 3 or 4 words in a sentence you do not understand it is going to be very difficult to location the meaning. Many of the people on this forum have been playing text...

Liberal application of poison gas spray.

Just like how I handle door to door solicitors!

I clean up after myself. California has a state wide infestation of Argentine ants. Apparently when it rains a lot they start trying to find there way inside.

Argentine ants make me hate everything. Come home from teaching thing at 5. Raining a lot. Take a nap. Wake up a few hours later. Ants. Ants everywhere.

Submitted an order for 97 books today (73 unique titles). Hoping the district approves it. I don't expect that many of my students will actually read them, but currently there is no high school level reading that I have not provided to them directly, so any amount of leveled reading in their vicinit...

DVD Drive - Is this actually a requirement? I typically tell people who are building their computers to give this a skip. You're used to having one, but unless you use it frequently its a waste of $20. I haven't used a DVD drive more than twice in the last year, and you can even install your OS from...

I am happy because a particular member (Trifkin) of this lovely community is a God damn incredible person and mailed me a shit load of books for my classroom. Seriously. One of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me, and for my students. Trifkin is, and always will be, one of my personal hero...

How long do you expect to be there again? I'm required to be here until June of 2015, though I will probably stay much longer. I feel better today. I was just feeling really burned out last night. Some of the silly things that are out of my hands appear to be getting solved today, such as our lack ...

Maybe its because we're approximately half way through the school year, but tonight I really feel like quitting. I'm sure this will change as I have fewer daily requirements (grad school class, countless meetings, teaching, planning, etc), but today is that special kind of constant, dull, frustratio...

In the Bay Area its really on the line. Like you don't have to, but especially in Oakland which is fraught with urban decay and food deserts, you are occasionally, tremendously, inconvenienced by not driving. When I first moved to Seattle in 2008 I REALLY didn't need to. Not even for social life stu...