Category: Personal Blog

  • World Interests: Darfur, Nuba, and “new” Ethnic Cleansing Issues

    Darfur Redux: Is ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ Occurring in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains? – TIME. Nuba now view the U.N. peacekeepers, the only major international presence now on the ground, with shades of deep suspicion and anger for failing to keep any peace. Said one local church official collecting reports from across the state: “People are getting hopeless.…

  • Summer, Reading, and Events

    With just over two weeks of Summer Break down, I have one more week of Summer Reading left to teach. So far not much exciting has happened. My family spent some time with grandparents, a short trip to the Vandalia Festival in WV and some time cleaning the rubbish around the yard. It was my…

  • Congratulations to the Class of 2011!

    Congratulations to a wonderful group of young people. May you do great things in the world. Final grades have been posted. Anyone who has questions may email me directly and I will discuss you grade directly. I will be in the building on May 31st- June 2nd. Since this is my last post of the…

  • RePost from WordPress Update Blog

    Now More Than Ever: Just Write. The new updates are a wonderful addition and make my schoolwork, just that much easier to accomplish. Now is the time to switch to WordPress for anyone thinking about it. In the past, I promoted Blogger and Wikispaces for all my classroom needs but now I find myself squarely…

  • Global Studies: the New Korea

    South Korea has experienced a financial and cultural renaissiance over the past 50 years. After two millenia of struggles to gain and solidify independence from China, Russia, and Japan, South Korea is now a powerhouse in the global marketplace.  Look at these facts below: Korea is the biggest electronics maker in the world, (HD TV,…

  • You are what you read as a Young Adult, Kinda.

    What books make you who you will be someday? Do you share any of that book-related inner growth with the adults in your life? And do you reflect some of your parent’s interest in reading? The following article is a great look at the relationship between what we read as children and the types of…