Category: Personal Blog

  • Japan: WorldVision call for Donations

    If you would like to help the earthquake devastation in Japan, Haiti, New Zealand, or Chile, this is the organization I, and millions of others, have trusted in the past. All monies given for relief are sent to relief, nothing is held back for leadership or organizational cost. Please give if you can or just…

  • Book Review: Nectar in a Sieve

    Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya My rating: 5 of 5 stars One of the best readings on colonial India. Told from the POV of a village woman from the day of her marriage until late in her life. Students seem to really enjoy the straight forward and simple narrative. I first read this…

  • Book Review: Riot by Walter Dean Myers

    I just finished listening to Riot by Walter Dean Myers.

  • Bullying and Harassment DCL

    I have added a page to the About Mr. Wilson listing dealing with Bullying and Harassment in schools. Bullying is one of the main reasons I went into teaching. Too many students today re bullied for various reasons and schools must be better at identifying ways to stop this epidemic and protect/empower the victims. It…

  • allAfrica.com: Rwanda: Kigali Hosts Malaria Meet

    Image via Wikipedia This week 150 countries will meet in Rwanda to discuss spending WHO monies for productive Malaria prevention. Read the excerpt below for more information. allAfrica.com: Rwanda: Kigali Hosts Malaria Meet The week-long meeting themed: “Robust Malaria surveillance systems towards malaria pre-elimination and assessing Roadmaps achievements” is jointly organized by the Ministry of…

  • What I found on my trip…

    After Mr. Robinson and I arrived in Columbus on Tuesday, we were surprised to find out that we were staying across the street from… the Statehouse. While trying to find parking for the hotel we accidentally found this marker. As it turned out we saw more historical markers too. The Ohio Theater also shared the Street…