Category: Personal Blog

  • 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…

  • New Wordle for the webpage

  • Book Review: Science Fiction : A Historic Anthology

    Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology by Eric S. Rabkin My rating: 4 of 5 stars By far, the best collection on the market before the millennials appeared on the shelves. If you are looking for a good starter reader begin here and then move into either Bradbury, Heinlein, or Asimov next. They are all in…

  • Book Review: The Hobbit

    The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien My rating: 5 of 5 stars I first read this novel in March of 1991. I had to do a book report about a novel I had never read. On a whim, I asked the Librarian, at the County Branch near our house, what was good…