Fat Friday: Who Won the Bet? (3)
7/30/10 •
Did anyone take bets about whether or not I could go two entire weeks without alcohol? If you bet, “No,” you won. On Monday, I came home after a stressful day, and my husband was drinking a beer. And I wanted one. He tried to stop me, but I didn’t care. One beer. I deserved [...]
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Pampering Me (0)
7/29/10 •
How much money have you spent on YOU lately? Like most moms, I don’t usually spend a lot on ME. I buy for everyone else. Until this year, when some combination of getting older and needing a change resulted in me getting my hair done every 8 weeks. This is unheard of for me. Normally, [...]
Fat Friday Follow-Up (0)
7/23/10 •
My South Beach Diet is going very well. I am eating things I never thought I would, and I am making good choices. It isn’t always easy to find food that meets the requirements especially at a potluck type meal, but I managed. So far, I haven’t eaten anything I’m not supposed to. The good [...]
South Beach Questions (1)
7/19/10 •
In a fond farewell to potatoes on the day before I started the South Beach Diet, my husband picked red potatoes from the garden, cleaned them and mashed them. Mashed red potatoes is a great way to say goodbye to potatoes for a while. They were delicious. OK, potatoes are not going to be an [...]
Fat Friday From Scratch (11)
7/16/10 •
Editor’s note: IF you read this blog post, please comment. I am trying to hold myself accountable, and I need the motivation/realization that people are reading. In 2006, while in grad school, I gained a lot of weight. By March 2009, I had lost most of it. It is now July 2010, and all the [...]
Red vs Blue vs Electronic (Comments Off)
7/13/10 •
When I grade student papers, I never use a red pen. The color red has negative connotations. Many students see the red ink and think all of the teacher’s comments are negative even though the comments aren’t negative. Red ink has been compared to blood, and a paper covered in red ink is bleeding. The [...]
One Month and Change (2)
7/13/10 •
That is how long it took someone’s daughter to get her first speeding ticket. I think it may be a record. Someone’s daughter tried to blame her sister. She was driving children around for her parents. She had to take one sister to softball practice. After that, she had to take the other sister to [...]
Sibling Rivalry Solved! (Comments Off)
6/24/10 •
It has taken me 15 plus years, but I finally figured out how to keep the children from killing each other on a daily basis. Obviously, I am a parenting pro. In fact, my house hasn’t heard a single sibling fight All. Week. Long. It has been quiet. And I didn’t even have to tie [...]
Staying On Track – Online Teaching (Comments Off)
6/15/10 •
By Linda Sherwood Without a set day and time, students can easily forget about an online course, but features built into Ferris Connect, and most course management systems, can help professors track down those missing students with just a few clicks of the button. Instructors can help remind students about the online course with a [...]
Catching a Plagiarist — what next? (Comments Off)
6/14/10 •
This is a presentation I gave as part of a panel I was part of at the English Articulation Conference, University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign in 2008 (ish). The very first time I taught English composition, I unintentionally caught a plagiarist. I was grading papers, and as I read one student’s introduction, I [...]
Plagiarism Throughout the World (Comments Off)
6/14/10 •
When I talk to students about plagiarism, I make it a point to discuss how the US thinks of plagiarism differently than other cultures. A great article about this was published in Slate, The Copycat Syndrome: Why we care about Plagiarism? by Meghan O’Rourke. I feel it is also important to discuss what some may [...]
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